Citation
Hasan Esen. "Control as a Service (CaaS) : Cloud-based Software Architecture for Automotive Control Applications". Talk or presentation, 13, April, 2015.

Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the interconnection of embedded devices and offers the possibility of exploiting cloud- based services to improve control functions. But how much cloud control is possible when facing real-time challenges in a safety-critical environment? This paper provides first in- sights and data into cloud-based control by means of a feasibility study in the automotive domain. We present the Control as a Service (CaaS) concept, which investigates cloud- based control scheme for a model car with WLAN / CAN gateway. CaaS delivers successfully an architectural design and a proof-of-concept implementation for a simple cloud- based throttle limitation scenario, in which the throttle values requested by driver (remote control user) is dynamically regulated by a controller implemented as a virtual ECU (Electronic Control Unit) in the cloud. We found that the correct handling of time-varying network delay is one of the most relevant challenges. Therefore we started a simulation study in parallel to design controllers that are capable of coping with network imperfections. Preliminary simulation results indicate the potential of model predictive control.

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  Hasan Esen. <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/pubs/565.html"
  ><i>Control as a Service (CaaS) : Cloud-based
  Software Architecture for Automotive Control
  Applications</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  13,
  April, 2015.

• Plain text

  Hasan Esen. "Control as a Service (CaaS) : Cloud-based
  Software Architecture for Automotive Control
  Applications". Talk or presentation,  13, April, 2015.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{Esen15_ControlAsServiceCaaSCloudbasedSoftwareArchitecture,
      author = {Hasan Esen},
      title = {Control as a Service (CaaS) : Cloud-based Software
                Architecture for Automotive Control Applications},
      day = {13},
      month = {April},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {The Internet of Things (IoT) is the
                interconnection of embedded devices and offers the
                possibility of exploiting cloud- based services to
                improve control functions. But how much cloud
                control is possible when facing real-time
                challenges in a safety-critical environment? This
                paper provides first in- sights and data into
                cloud-based control by means of a feasibility
                study in the automotive domain. We present the
                Control as a Service (CaaS) concept, which
                investigates cloud- based control scheme for a
                model car with WLAN / CAN gateway. CaaS delivers
                successfully an architectural design and a
                proof-of-concept implementation for a simple
                cloud- based throttle limitation scenario, in
                which the throttle values requested by driver
                (remote control user) is dynamically regulated by
                a controller implemented as a virtual ECU
                (Electronic Control Unit) in the cloud. We found
                that the correct handling of time-varying network
                delay is one of the most relevant challenges.
                Therefore we started a simulation study in
                parallel to design controllers that are capable of
                coping with network imperfections. Preliminary
                simulation results indicate the potential of model
                predictive control. },
      URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/565.html}
  }
  

Posted by Armin Wasicek on 7 May 2015.