Controller Area Network for In-Vehicle Law Enforcement Applications

Based on requirements for an advanced law enforcement vehicle demonstrator, in-vehicle controller area network (CAN) architecture has been implemented. In an effort to reduce the amount of point-to-point wiring in law enforcement vehicles and centralize communications between devices, CAN is suggested as a means to serialize data communications within the vehicle environment. The benefits of this CAN net-centric approach to in-vehicle law enforcement applications over traditional point-to-point schemes will offer increased flexibility and expandability for future technology insertions and provide the user access to information from a set of interoperable CAN enabled sources.