The Automotive Ethernet Blog

This comprehensive list covers a broad spectrum of communication standards critical for efficient, safe and secure vehicle operations.

The list contains a color coding for the Standardization bodies. Red ones are classic Automotive Standards and their derivates. Blue ones are from the Internet Domain.

• Automotive Ethernet: High-speed networking standard for vehicles.
• Bluetooth: Short-range wireless communication standard.
• CAN (Controller Area Network): In-vehicle networking protocol for real-time communication.
• Cellular Communication: Wireless communication using cellular networks.
• Charging (IEC 61851): Standard for conductive charging systems for electric vehicles.
• DDS (Data Distribution Service): Data-centric middleware standard for real-time systems.
• DoIP (Diagnostics over Internet Protocol): Protocol for diagnostics over IP networks in vehicles.
• Geo-Networking: Protocol for geographic-based routing in vehicular networks.
• HTTPS/REST (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure/Representational State Transfer): Secure web communication protocol for vehicle applications.
• IEC 61851 Control Pilot line: Defines the control pilot function for electric vehicle charging.
• IEEE 1901 PLC (Power Line Communication): Standard for communication over power lines.
• IP (Internet Protocol): Network layer protocol for addressing and routing data.
• ISO 15118: PnC (Plug and Charge): Standard for plug-and-charge communication between EVs and charging stations.
• ITS-G5 Applications: Standards for intelligent transport system applications using 5.9 GHz band.
• ITS-G5 MAC: Media access control protocol for ITS-G5 wireless communication.
• ITS-G5 PHY: Physical layer standard for ITS-G5 wireless communication.
• L2CAP (Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol): Protocol for Bluetooth data link layer.
• MAC (Media Access Control): Protocol for controlling access to the physical network medium.
• MACSec (Media Access Control Security): Security standard for protecting data link layer communication.
• MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport): Lightweight messaging protocol for IoT and vehicle communication.
• SecOC (Secure Onboard Communication): Security protocol for protecting in-vehicle network communication.
• SOME/IP (Scalable service-Oriented MiddlewarE over IP): Middleware protocol for automotive service-oriented communication.
• TCP/UDP (Transmission Control Protocol/User Datagram Protocol): Protocols for transporting data with reliability or speed options.
• TLS (Transport Layer Security): Cryptographic protocol for securing data transmission.
• UDS (Unified Diagnostic Services): A protocol for diagnostic communication in road vehicles.
• WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network): Wireless networking standard.