Fraunhofer-Institut für Eingebettete Systeme und Kommunikationstechnik ESK

Your experts for networked systems

The Fraunhofer Institute for Embedded Systems and Communication Technology ESK has expertise in a wide range of ICT areas, from transmission technology, protocols and systems to intelligent applications. Its Adaptive Communication Systems, Software Methodology and Mobile Solutions competence areas bundle the know-how that is used in the Automotive and Industrial Communication business areas as well as in the Communication Solutions group.

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• Gateway, HMI and infotainment prototyping
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• Conformance testing or securing of protocol stacks (e.g. MOST or TCP/IP)
• Testing and securing the communication behavior of infotainment devices
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• Safety analysis for E/E architectures in electric vehicles (according to ISO 26262)
• In-vehicle electrical system architecture for electric vehicles
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• Safe distributed functions / X-by-Wire systems
• Energy-efficient operating strategies for control units through adaptive and flexible software architectures
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• Controller aggregation and multi-core support
• Energy-efficient driving strategies using Car-2-X
• Vehicle-to-grid / smart charging infrastructure
• Data communication for smart metering and smart grid
• Modular test platform electromobility