Patent ID: 11956314
Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle communication management method performed by a management device, comprising:
detecting addition of a function unit to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units;
acquiring function unit information of a new function unit that is the function unit the addition of which has been detected and function unit information of each on-vehicle function unit, each piece of function unit information including information regarding network configuration of a layer lower than an application layer; and
generating, based on the pieces of function unit information acquired, configuration information of a new network that is the network further including the new function unit, wherein
when the configuration information of the network is registered in a storage device and the registered configuration information includes a part or the entirety of the function unit information of the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units, acquiring the part or the entirety of the function unit information of the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units from the storage device, and
when there is lacking information that is function unit information not acquired from the configuration information registered in the storage device, transmitting an information request notification for requesting the lacking information to the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units.