Telematics Market

The OSGi technology provides a service-oriented, component-based execution environment, including a standardized method for remotely manage the software life-cycle of an embedded device. This makes the OSGi Technology an ideal choice as execution environment for a telematics gateway.

Infotainment Systems, Fleet management systems, ITS solutions, Diagnostics Systeme are just a few examples of the wide use of OSGi technology in the telematics industry.

To learn more how you can benefit by using the OSGi Technology in your telematics gateway, please see the data sheets and case studies below.

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Case studies

Bombardier - Bombardier Transportation utilizes ProSyst's OSGi-based software solutions (www.prosyst.com) as well as the JVM J9 from IBM OTI for its Remote Diagnosis System (RDS), a wireless, remote data transmission system that improves and extends the maintenance, administration and fleet management functionality for rail vehicles. Thanks to RDS, railway companies can carry out remote monitoring and diagnosis of their trains and access important data to improve the operation of their vehicles and fleet. One of the first applications of RDS is the 24 electric locomotives ALP 46, that will be delivered to the American New Jersey Transit.

CVIS Project - The CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems) project is a major European research and development project aiming to design, develop and test the technologies needed to allow cars to communicate with each other and with the nearby roadside infrastructure. The CVIS platform includes an “open application framework” based on OSGi, connecting vehicle systems with roadside systems and back-office services. The framework offers facilities such as hosting for application software, life-cycle management, a distributed discovery service (DDS), security management and a vehicle API. The CVIS project uses Makewave's OSGi Service Platform Knopflerfish Pro CVIS Edition as execution environment for in-vehicle, as well as, road-side equipment. Makewave's Ubicore is used as the CVIS deployment and provisioning system, enabling life-cycle management of CVIS applications in vehicles and road-side equipment. The CVIS project website provides extensive information and documentation on the project.

Groeneveld IT B.V. - (www.groeneveld-groep.com) Groeneveld IT B.V. introduced its TopIQ® in-cab computer for innovative fleet management to the market. TopIQ offers the most widely required operational functions such as driver and charter registration, vehicle and shipment tracking & tracing, and the transmission of fleet orders. TopIQ has been designed for remote software upgrades and remote monitoring, which is enabled by ProSyst's OSGi-based software solutions (www.prosyst.com). The software of vehicles can now be remotely updated at any time. Information relevant to the driver, the vehicle and its load can easily be exchanged and dynamically updated while error notifications are immediately sent to the respective technical headquarter. The TopIQ terminal includes ProSyst's OSGi-based software mBedded Server and mPower Remote Manager which enable remote control, diagnostics, maintenance, updates and the seamless delivery of services.

mm-lab - www.mmlab.de - mm-lab emerged from Alcatel in 2005. mm-lab offers end-to-end telematics solutions including the mm-lab On Board Unit (OBU) as the essential communication device and the mm-lab Central Server that meets the requirements to manage, configure and control the OBU as well as the applications running on it. mm-lab runs ProSyst OSGi mBedded Server on the OBU and ProSyst mPower Remote Manager on the Central Server.

Volvo Bus - is using Knopflerfish OSGi in an in-vechile gateway as execution environment and integration platform for teleamtics applications.

Volvo Technology (VTEC) - Volvo Technology is an innovation company within the Volvo Group that develops new technology, new product and business concepts for "hard" as well as "soft" products within the transport and vehicle industry. Volvo Technology is using Knopflerfish Pro, Makewave's OSGi Service Platform, in several telematics projects. E.g. the EU funded 3GT (Third Generation Telematics), GST (Global System for Telematics) and CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems) projects.