Vehicle control system, method and computer program for a vehicle control multilayer architecture

A method of controlling a host vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a service control channel associated with a vehicle operation, a vehicle level request from a vehicle level feature layer, wherein the service control channel is one of a plurality of distinct service control channels, and wherein a control layer comprises the plurality of distinct service control channels and isolates the vehicle level feature layer and an actuator control layer from each other;
• translating, at the service control channel, the vehicle level request to an actuator level request;
• and
• providing the actuator level request to the actuator control layer to control one or more actuators associated with the service control channel and assigned to the vehicle operation associated with the service control channel, and receiving feedback, at the control layer and/or the vehicle level feature layer, from the actuator control layer via a return channel of the control layer, distinct from the service control channels.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of one or more controllers of a vehicle control system, cause the vehicle control system to perform at least:

• receiving, at a service control channel associated with a vehicle operation, a vehicle level request from a vehicle level feature layer, wherein the service control channel is one of a plurality of distinct service control channels, and wherein a control layer comprises the plurality of distinct service control channels and isolates the vehicle level feature layer and an actuator control layer from each other;
• translating, at the service control channel, the vehicle level request to an actuator level request;
• and
• providing the actuator level request to the actuator control layer to control one or more actuators associated with the service control channel and assigned to the vehicle operation associated with the service control channel, and receiving feedback, at the control layer and/or the vehicle level feature layer, from the actuator control layer via a return channel of the control layer, distinct from the service control channels.