Qualcomm Car-to-Cloud

2020: Representation of Car-to-Cloud service

On January 9, 2020 the company Qualcomm Technologies provided Qualcomm Car-to-service Cloud integrated, the protected complex of services for connected cars on Qualcomm Snapdragon the Automotive Cockpit and Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive platforms 4G and 5G. The provided Car-to-Cloud service will help to car makers to support with current status onboard and telematic systems and also to flexibly upgrade transport means, giving the chance at any time to activate necessary functions. Thus, car makers will be able to consider consumer technology trends despite of the production cycles which developed in automotive industry. The opportunity of wireless upgrade of vehicles given by Car-to-Cloud service "through air" during all service life, activation of functions on demand and payment for a measure of use opens for producers, according to the developer, additional sources of income. Besides, Car-to-Cloud allows to collect useful analytical data on functioning and use.

Helping car makers to satisfy the growing requests of customers, Qualcomm Technologies implemented in Car-to-Cloud service functionality of Soft SKU which does possible field updating of chipsets for implementation of new features in case of their emergence or increase in requirements to performance. This protected functionality allows to activate flexibly functions on demand, to increase performance in the middle of use cycle, to adapt vehicles according to regional requirements and to implement functions according to a product segment — from initial to top. Soft SKU also gives to customers the chance to develop the universal hardware, without spending excess funds for numerous specialized developments. Using Car-to-Cloud Soft SKU, car makers will be able to offer consumers not only a broad spectrum of adaptable options, but also the personalized applications increasing comfort of stay in the car claim in Qualcomm Technologies.

According to the developer, relying on analytical opportunities of Car-to-Cloud service which uses the data arriving from a set of sources, car makers can create the personalized applications for the driver, passengers and the car. Data of onboard processors and operating systems, information on location and a status of the vehicle are allocated in personal applications and processed at the level of the separate car and all flow. The mentioned analytics also facilitates creation of packets of content, services and applications for different segments, opening additional sources of income for the car makers cooperating with content providers.

As noted in Qualcomm Technologies, the provided service also supports the solution of information security based on a chipset, providing the entrusted opportunities and management of functionality, the protected setup and certification of devices. Besides, Car-to-Cloud provides support of boot strap loading of service by means of cellular communication and also use of wireless communication during all life of the car.

"The Qualcomm Car-to-Cloud service in combination with the Snapdragon Automotive 4G/5G and Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit platforms gives to car makers and suppliers of the first level an opportunity not only to implement new expectations of modern exacting car owners who got used to use the flexible, constantly updated technologies, but also to offer new features during all life of the car. Qualcomm Car-to-Cloud will give to car makers the innovative solution for the general improvement of communication quality, cost reduction, increase in comfort of users and also an opportunity to offer new profitable services during all life of the car", Nakul Duggal, the senior vice president of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc noted. on product management

It is planned that the Car-to-Cloud service will be available in the 2nd quarter 2020.

Features of Qualcomm Car-to-Cloud service mentioned by the developer:

• Advanced developments accelerate commissioning. Immediate implementation of functions with a possibility of their further upgrade during operation of the car; activation only in case of need; sales opportunity to customers of services on demand.
• Profitability of operation. Economic wireless communication, updates "through air" on a wireless network; management of responses and guarantee; payment of the equipment, the software and services in process of use.
• Analytics. A possibility of obtaining information on use of applications and functions, acceptance of reasoned decisions on the basis of monitoring of usage modes of the car and separate functions.
• New services and sources of income. The connected services; services of car-sharing on demand, car as service (Car as a Service, CaaS); additional sales after return of leased transport.
• The personalized comfort for passengers. User applications based on analytical data; the packets of content, services and applications for different segments opening additional sources of income.
• The integrated communication. Interaction with global operators for initial link establishment; compliance to requirements and integration with local operators; differentiation of traffic for paid offers on communication.
• The safe certified communication. It is provided with the protected keys in chipsets of Qualcomm Technologies and the protected server framework of car-to-cloud.