Requirements-Driven Automotive Electrical/Electronic Architecture: A Survey and Prospective Trends

The automotive E/E architecture has undergone a paradigm shift in the past century. Particularly, the new requirements of automated driving are severely challenging the existing architecture, which has led to ongoing revolutionary innovation in E/E architecture. In this paper, we reviewed the evolution of E/E architecture and outlined the requirements-driven developments. We illustrated the state-of-the-art E/E architecture, including network topology, standards, simulator and software platform. We also discussed the next generation of E/E architecture from the perspective of different OEMs and suppliers. The analysis shows that software-defined, hierarchical, reconfigurable and customized E/E architecture is universally accepted. Furthermore, the automotive industry has been experiencing several transitions related to OEMs and suppliers. With the emergence and maturation of automated driving, we analyzed the new requirements on E/E architecture and proposed prospective development trends.