A vehicle communication network comprises: a plurality of vehicle control modules (38, 85, 80); a network fabric (32, 124, 256, 258, 266, 268, 322, 324, 350, 384, 478, 564, 1425, 1646, 1892), wherein the network fabric comprises: a first sub-network fabric operably coupled to a first subset of the plurality of vehicle control modules; a second sub-network fabric (1252, 1322, 1352) operably coupled to a second subset of the plurality of vehicle control modules; and a data bridge (64, 260, 1248) operably coupled to support communication between the first and second sub-network fabrics (1250, 1252); one or more multimedia processing modules (48, 110, 134, 270) operably coupled to the network fabric; and a network manager (40, 62, 100, 130, 474, 1650) coupled to the network fabric and operable to coordinate communication of packets (514, 516, 518), via the network fabric, among the plurality of vehicle control modules and the one or more multimedia processing modules based on individual content type of the packets and in accordance with a vehicle network communication protocol that enables passing communication of packets via the data bridge to the first sub-network fabric in accordance with a higher priority for packets with a destination in the first sub-network fabric and passing communication of packets to the second sub-network fabric in accordance with a lower priority for packets with a destination in the second sub-network fabric. a plurality of vehicle control modules (38, 85, 80); a network fabric (32, 124, 256, 258, 266, 268, 322, 324, 350, 384, 478, 564, 1425, 1646, 1892), wherein the network fabric comprises: a first sub-network fabric operably coupled to a first subset of the plurality of vehicle control modules; a second sub-network fabric (1252, 1322, 1352) operably coupled to a second subset of the plurality of vehicle control modules; and a data bridge (64, 260, 1248) operably coupled to support communication between the first and second sub-network fabrics (1250, 1252); one or more multimedia processing modules (48, 110, 134, 270) operably coupled to the network fabric; and a network manager (40, 62, 100, 130, 474, 1650) coupled to the network fabric and operable to coordinate communication of packets (514, 516, 518), via the network fabric, among the plurality of vehicle control modules and the one or more multimedia processing modules based on individual content type of the packets and in accordance with a vehicle network communication protocol that enables passing communication of packets via the data bridge to the first sub-network fabric in accordance with a higher priority for packets with a destination in the first sub-network fabric and passing communication of packets to the second sub-network fabric in accordance with a lower priority for packets with a destination in the second sub-network fabric. a first sub-network fabric operably coupled to a first subset of the plurality of vehicle control modules; a second sub-network fabric (1252, 1322, 1352) operably coupled to a second subset of the plurality of vehicle control modules; and a data bridge (64, 260, 1248) operably coupled to support communication between the first and second sub-network fabrics (1250, 1252); one or more multimedia processing modules (48, 110, 134, 270) operably coupled to the network fabric; and a network manager (40, 62, 100, 130, 474, 1650) coupled to the network fabric and operable to coordinate communication of packets (514, 516, 518), via the network fabric, among the plurality of vehicle control modules and the one or more multimedia processing modules based on individual content type of the packets and in accordance with a vehicle network communication protocol that enables passing communication of packets via the data bridge to the first sub-network fabric in accordance with a higher priority for packets with a destination in the first sub-network fabric and passing communication of packets to the second sub-network fabric in accordance with a lower priority for packets with a destination in the second sub-network fabric.