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TE Automotive /// Driving the Data-Fueled Future Page 3 IF DATA IS THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE, THEN DATA CONNECTIVITY IS THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM Data connectivity is fast becoming the most import- ant technology enabler in the automotive industry. It all started with connecting the control units within the vehi- cle. Then smartphones were connected to the vehicle. Today, many cars are able to autonomously collect infor- mation from the web. The next logical step will be con- necting cars with each other and the environment, using V2X (vehicle to everything) technology. Data connectivity for automotive applications is multi-faceted, serving a plethora of applications via shared data networks. Applications typically fit into one of three distinct func- tional categories: safety and security, convenience, effi- ciency. Automotive data connectivity is usually thought of along three physical categories: vehicle-to-world; in-vehi- cle; vehicle-to-occupant. Information may be generated by and drawn from any of the physical data connectivity paths and utilized by any of the functional applications. Vehicle-to-world connections. For years, wireless com- munications for transportation had been primarily one- way paths for radio broadcasts. Today, vehicles have essentially become highly mobile sensors and rolling computer platforms. Two-way communications between one's vehicle and the rest of the world is a function which enables safe, secure, convenient, and efficient applica- tions that all fit within the ACES trends. Some examples of these wireless communications paths, utilizing antennas to connect the car to the world, include: • AM/FM/DAB/TV • LTE/5G • GPS/GNSS • V2X V2X is short for "vehicle to everything". The term describes a vehicle's communication with surrounding or interacting road users and structures which include other vehicles (V2V), roadside infrastructure (V2I), pedestrians (V2P), and so on. The trend towards relying on information mak- ing its way into and out of a vehicle means, more than ever, that data must be received flawlessly and from a trusted source. In-vehicle connections. In-car networking has been a part of vehicle architectures for the past 40 years. Examples of some of the more commonly employed wired networks found in vehicles include: • CAN • LIN • FlexRay • MOST • Camera video • Automotive ethernet