INTERNATIONAL ISO

STANDARD 10681-1

First edition
2010-06-15

Road vehicles — Communication on

FlexRay —
Part 1:
General information and use case
definition
Véhicules routiers — Communication par FlexRay —
Partie 1: Informations générales et définitions du cas d'utilisation

Reference number
ISO 10681-1:2010(E)

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ISO 10681-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 3,
Electrical and electronic equipment.

ISO 10681 consists of the following parts, under the general title Road vehicles — Communication on
FlexRay:

⎯ Part 1: General information and use case definition

⎯ Part 2: Communication layer services

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Introduction
This part of ISO 10681 is based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Basic Reference Model specified
in ISO/IEC 7498 and ISO/IEC 10731, which structures communication systems into seven layers (see
example in Table 1). When mapped on this model, ISO 10681 incorporates the network layer (layer 3) and the
transport layer (layer 4) services as communication layer services.

The ISO 10681 document set provides an implementer with all documents and references required to support
the communication implementation on FlexRay networks.

⎯ ISO 10681-1: General information and use case definition (this part), provides an overview of the
document set along with the use case definitions and a common set of resources (definitions, references)
for use by all subsequent parts.

⎯ ISO 10681-2: Communication layer services specifies a communication protocol to meet the
requirements of FlexRay-based vehicle network systems as specified in the FlexRay Communications
Systems Protocol Specification.

NOTE Additional parts of ISO 10681 will be introduced as necessary.

Table 1 — Example of enhanced diagnostic specifications according to the OSI layers

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Applicability OSI layers Vehicle manufacturer enhanced diagnostics

Application layer ISO 14229-1

Presentation layer N/A
Session layer ISO 14229-2
Seven layer
Transport layer ISO 10681-2
according to
ISO/IEC 7498-1 and Network layer
ISO/IEC 10731
Data link layer FlexRay Communications Systems Protocol
Specification
Physical layer FlexRay Communications System Electrical
Physical Layer Specification

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Road vehicles — Communication on FlexRay —

Part 1:
General information and use case definition

1 Scope
This part of ISO 10681 defines common requirements for vehicle systems implemented on a FlexRay
communication link, as specified in the FlexRay Communications Systems Protocol Specification.

It also describes general use cases and communication scenarios that are covered by FlexRay transport and
network layer. Each use case drives specific communication capabilities and requirements of the vehicle
communication interface.

2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO/IEC 7498-1, Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference Model: The
Basic Model

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 7498-1 and the following apply.

3.1
communication layer
CL
layer that includes the network layer (layer 3) and the transport layer (layer 4)

4 Use case definitions and requirements

4.1 Overview

The following subclauses provide an overview of all the kinds of reasonable communication use cases.

4.2 Identified use cases

4.2.1 Use case 1: Multipurpose communication layer

The communication layer shall be able to handle various message transmission types such as Diagnostics,
Multi Media or Inter ECU communication. However, usage purposes are not limited to the ones stated above.

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a) Transmit messages with known data length: Message transmission where the length of the
transmitted message is known by the application. This kind of feature applies to most known applications
(e.g. ECU programming, diagnostics, etc.).

b) Transmit messages with unknown but finite data length: The final message length is unknown at
start of message transmission. However, the data shall be finite in order to keep the transport layer
implementation manageable. The feature might be used for any data streaming applications.

c) Additional acknowledgement with retry mechanism: A message transmission is acknowledged

(positive / negative) once it is completed. In addition, a retry mechanism might be supported, where the
message transmission is being repeated at the detected first wrong byte position. This feature might be
used for, e.g., Inter ECU communication mechanism.

d) Routing data on the fly: Gateway mechanism, where the data are already transmitted onto the target
subnet, while it is still in the process of being received on the source subnet.

e) Support of dynamic frame length: Variable payload length (PDU_Size) in a single FlexRay frame, e.g.
for optimized gateway handling in regard of buffer requirements. Possible applications could be “routing
data on the fly” or “data streaming”.

4.2.2 Use case 2: Optimize flash programming time

a) Flexible bandwidth usage: Achieve optimized message transmission independent of the given network
bandwidth assignment.

b) Support of parallel diagnostic communication: The communication layer shall be capable to support
concurrent ECU programming events.

4.2.3 Use case 3: Optimize gateway implementations

a) Routing data on the fly: See d) in use case 1 (4.2.1).

b) Receive and forward: Allow to transfer a message from a given network onto FlexRay (and vice versa)
without re-mapping payload information of a frame, where only the PCI information needs to be adapted.

c) Optimize addressing scheme: – See d) in use case 1 (4.2.1).

4.2.4 Use case 4: Communication layer definition

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Bibliography

[1] ISO/IEC 10731, Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference
Model — Conventions for the definition of OSI services

[2] ISO 14229-1 1 ), Road vehicles — Unified diagnostic services (UDS) — Part 1: Specification and
requirements

[3] ISO 14229-22), Road vehicles — Unified diagnostic services (UDS) — Part 2: Session layer services

[4] ISO 14229-42), Road vehicles — Unified diagnostic services (UDS) — Part 4: Unified diagnostic
services on FlexRay implementation (UDSonFR)

[5] FlexRay Communications System — Protocol Specification

1) Under preparation. (Revision of ISO 14229-1:2006)

2) Under preparation.

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