Efficient Scheduling of Heterogeneous Messages in the FlexRay Dynamic Segment.

With the rapid development of automotive intelligent driving technologies, the demand for real-time performance and bandwidth in in-vehicle bus networks is increasing day by day. When contrasted with conventional in-vehicle bus protocols like LIN and CAN, FlexRay delivers superior performance in bandwidth capacity, communication latency and data transmission speed. Such prominent strengths establish it as a core technical solution for modern automotive network systems. Targeting the flexible bandwidth characteristics of FlexRay bus systems, this work develops a novel heterogeneous message scheduling algorithm (DHSA) tailored for the dynamic segment of FlexRay. The DHSA enables flexible timeslot and priority configuration for event-triggered and low-priority messages, thereby improving the overall scheduling efficiency of FlexRay bus communication. This work adopts the CANoe.FlexRay simulation tool to construct a dedicated experimental platform and perform comparative simulations for the proposed algorithm. The experimental results show that the bandwidth utilization of the heterogeneous scheduling algorithm proposed in this paper reaches 96.6%, an increase of 13.4% compared to the Earliest Deadline First (EDF) algorithm; meanwhile, the fastest response time of the proposed algorithm is reduced by 50% compared to the EDF algorithm. This study effectively reduces message transmission latency and enhances system real-time performance and determinism, thereby further improving the communication efficiency of the in-vehicle FlexRay bus network.