A notable trend in automotive systems is the composition of various stand-alone safety applications into so called Integrated Safety Systems. These systems provide safety services that combine and extend current functionality in order to increase the level of safety for the occupants of the vehicle (and to some extent also people outside the vehicle). Integrated safety systems span across the traditional functional domains of automotive systems (e.g. powertrain, chassis, and body) and potentially gather information from, as well as control functions in, all domains. This requires new approaches to ascertain attributes such as safety and availability. Another aspect is the incorporation of telematics services to extend the safety services of a vehicle. This requires a wider approach for security in the vehicle, in addition to the more classical dependability attributes addressed in automotive systems. These upcoming requirements of the integrated safety systems require extended services and features from the underlying electrical and electronic (E/E) architecture, as well as rigorous development methodologies and processes. The EASIS project, which is a part of the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme, is providing insights and solutions to these challenges. The main results of the EASIS project are described in this paper (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E212343.
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