Secure software upload in an intelligent vehicle via wireless communication links

Author

Mahmud, Syed Masud ; Shanker, Shobhit ; Hossain, Irina

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

6-8 June 2005

Firstpage

588

Lastpage

593

Abstract

The demand for drive-by-wire, telematics, entertainment, multimedia, pre-crash warning, highway guidance, remote diagnostic, etc. will significantly increase the complexity of a vehicle´s software modules. From time to time, the vehicle´s software may need to be updated due to many reasons such as the introduction of new features in vehicles, changing the navigation map, fixing software bugs, etc. Software updates must be done in secure modes to avoid any future disasters due to malfunctions of the vehicle. In this paper, we propose an architecture for secure software uploads in vehicles. We provide a detailed description of the secure software upload process.

Keywords

automobiles; message authentication; mobile communication; software maintenance; traffic information systems; transportation; authenticated key management; intelligent vehicle; secure software upload; software update; vehicle software module; wireless communication link; Automotive engineering; Computer architecture; Costs; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Manufacturing; Navigation; Road transportation; Vehicle driving; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2005. Proceedings. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8961-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVS.2005.1505167

Filename

1505167