COVESA
{{Short description|Automotive technology alliance}}
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| type = 501(c)(6) non profit organization
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Matt Jones (Chairman & President)
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Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA), formerly known as GENIVI Alliance is a non-profit automotive industry alliance that develops reference approaches for integrating operating systems and middleware present in connected vehicles and the associated cloud services. The alliance was founded as GENIVI Alliance on March 2, 2009, by BMW Group, Delphi, GM, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Visteon, and Wind River Systems.{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/CeBIT-2009-BMW-and-Partners-Found-GENIVI-Open-Source-Platform|title=CeBIT 2009: BMW and Partners Found GENIVI Open Source Platform|access-date=21 November 2011|date=3 March 2009|publisher=Linux Pro Magazine|first=Britta|last=Wuelfing}} It rebranded as COVESA in October 2021.{{cite web|date=6 October 2021 |title=GENIVI Alliance rebrands as Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance |url=https://www.telematicswire.net/genivi-alliance-rebrands-as-connected-vehicle-systems-alliance/ |website=Telematics Wire |access-date=22 July 2022 }}
Overview
History
GENIVI was announced at CeBit 2009 as a new Open Source development platform for the auto industry. Its founding members included BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon and Wind River, and its goal was to jointly develop Linux-based infotainment software. It was incorporated as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.{{Cite web |title=GENIVI: moving an industry to open source |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/510112/ |website=lwn.net|date=August 8, 2012|accessdate=August 17, 2023}} The name GENIVI was a portmanteau of Geneva and IVI, which stood for in-vehicle infotainment. In January 2016, the organization released an Automotive Grade Linux Unified Code Base distribution featuring GENIVI components, and announced new members including Ford, Subaru, Mazda and Mitsubishi Motors.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Eric |date=January 5, 2016 |title=Automotive Grade Linux group releases unified IVI spec |url=https://linuxgizmos.com/automotive-grade-linux-releases-unified-ivi-spec/|accessdate=August 17, 2023}} In October 2021, the organization renamed itself as the Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA), to add an emphasis on the group's work with cloud computing and data exchange. In October 2022, the group's work with vehicle operating systems and software platforms was reviewed, categorized and presented by researchers at the International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC).{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9952950|chapter=Survey on Integrated Vehicular Platforms for Next Generation Mobility|first1=Chaeyeong|last1=Lee|first2=Moonbeom|last2=Kim|first3=Hyewon|last3=Seo|first4=Jeongyeup|last4=Paek|title=2022 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC) |date=October 17, 2022|pages=834–838|via=IEEE Xplore|doi=10.1109/ICTC55196.2022.9952950|isbn=978-1-6654-9939-2 |s2cid=253881983 }}
Projects
The group's projects are divided into groups including the Common Vehicle Interface Initiative (CVII), the Android Automotive Special Interest Group (SIG), the Vehicle Payments Special Interest Group (SIG) and the Automotive Cybersecurity Team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/genivi-becomes-connected-vehicle-systems-alliance|title=Genivi becomes Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance|first=Christoph|last=Hammerschmidt|date=October 6, 2021|work=EENews Europe|accessdate=August 17, 2023}} Notable projects include the development of vehicle signal specifications (VSS) including related APIs for vehicle signals and service catalogs,{{Cite book |last=Aust |first=Stefan |title=2022 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC) |date=October 17, 2022 |chapter=Vehicle API and Service Catalog for Next Generation Mobility |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10014905 |pages=418–423 |via=IEEE Xplore |doi=10.1109/WPMC55625.2022.10014905|isbn=978-1-6654-7318-7 |s2cid=256034128 }} as well as using service-oriented architecture to accelerate integration of new features into automotive systems.{{Cite journal |last1=Kenjić |first1=Dušan |last2=Antić |first2=Marija |title=Connectivity Challenges in Automotive Solutions |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9797838 |journal=IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine |date=2023 |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=53–59 |doi=10.1109/MCE.2022.3183807 |s2cid=249810383 |via=IEEE Xplore|url-access=subscription }} The group also works with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Automotive Working Group, consisting of experts from vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, solution providers and researchers.{{Cite journal|title=XACML for Mobility (XACML4M)—An Access Control Framework for Connected Vehicles|first1=Ashish|last1=Ashutosh|first2=Armin|last2=Gerl|first3=Simon|last3=Wagner|first4=Lionel|last4=Brunie|first5=Harald|last5=Kosch|date=January 17, 2023|journal=Sensors|volume=23|issue=4|pages=1763|doi=10.3390/s23041763|pmid=36850360 |pmc=9959851 |bibcode=2023Senso..23.1763A |doi-access=free}}