Since the introduction of automotive Ethernet in the last decade, OPEN members have been challenged to standardize requirements that enable interoperability in a multi-vendor environment, which is particularly important for open markets where suppliers can benefit from economies of scale, encourage innovation, and ensure safety and reliability.
Currently, in-vehicle network (IVN) communications are facing a “revolution”. Driven by new ADAS and infotainment applications, the demand for higher bit rates has increased rapidly, first with 100 Mbps PHYs, a few years later with 1000 Mbps PHYs, and now with the availability of multi-Gig PHYs to meet the requirements of ADAS and high-performance backbone in domain and zonal architectures.
MultiGBASE-T1 will be used in emerging E/E architectures. Implementations of these standards should be tested to ensure that they are compliant to achieve interoperability. The use of different implementations raises the question of how interoperable they are. Experience with established automotive Ethernet PHYs has shown that it is not a given that devices from different vendors will work together in different environmental conditions. Eliminating fundamental interoperability problems at an early stage helps to significantly reduce costs.
C&S has been heavily involved in the standardization of interoperability test specifications for all Automotive Ethernet speed rates in the past and now also for MultiGBASE-T1. The test system has been implemented and validated and we are now proud to announce the launch of interoperability testing services for MultiGBASE-T1 implementations.
