As wireless data networking technologies improve, a new era of applications begins. Utilizing these technologies is a challenge especially in the automotive telematics sector. New wireless communication technologies, a wide range of new information technologies and software components, the electrification of vehicles and the exploding market of mobile gadgets create new possibilities in the world of a mobile person: any information, at any time, anywhere, with any device. An important part in this mobility chain is the vehicle with its networked computing platform. All of these evolving and converging technologies result in a heterogeneous and complex overall system. In addition, such a system requires the integration of different providers of content, network and operator services. As a consequence, automotive software system designers need template architectures, which reduce the complexity of the upcoming application world. The architectures standardize not only software and communication components, but also the interaction between components. BMW introduces a first approach for a template architecture for telematic applications integrating them into the mobile world. This architecture has the following characteristics: (1) Combination of embedded middleware and server middleware; (2) Based on JAVA technology; (3) Seamless application roaming along devices; (4) Reuse of components and services; (5) Distinctive use of middleware; and (6) Distinctive use of standards.
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