Next Generation Vehicle Network: Web Enabled

A new architecture of the next generation vehicle networks is proposed and discussed in this paper. Modern in-vehicle networks, on-board computers and the Internet, mobile telecommunications and Telematics applications in the ground vehicles, as well as future desired features are discussed. New applications such as remote diagnostic, condition monitoring, error detection, and remote firmware upgrade and reprogramming are proposed. Several hardware and software methodologies in the ground vehicles are proposed to achieve the proposed applications