Vehicular communication system

A vehicular communication system, the vehicular communication system comprising:

• a near field communication device disposed at a door handle assembly of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular communication system;
• wherein, responsive to a near field communication-enabled device comprising a passive entry device being within a threshold distance of the vehicle, the near field communication device wirelessly receives a wakeup near field communication signal from the near field communication-enabled device to activate the near field communication device from a deactivated state;
• wherein, responsive to the near field communication device wirelessly receiving the wakeup near field communication signal from the near field communication-enabled device, the near field communication device (i) wakes up and (ii) determines whether the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device;
• wherein, responsive to determining that the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device, the near field communication device authenticates the near field communication-enabled device for near field communication with the near field communication device;
• wherein, responsive to authentication of the near field communication-enabled device, and with the near field communication-enabled device being within the threshold distance to the vehicle, a locking mechanism of a door of the vehicle is controllable by a user of the near field communication device to unlock the door of the vehicle;
• and
• wherein the locking mechanism of the door connects with a vehicle communication bus of the vehicle.

A vehicular communication system, the vehicular communication system comprising:

• a near field communication device disposed at a door handle assembly of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular communication system;
• wherein the near field communication device comprises a near field communication application specific integrated chip;
• wherein, responsive to a near field communication-enabled device comprising a passive entry device being within a threshold distance of the vehicle, the near field communication device wirelessly receives a wakeup near field communication signal from the near field communication-enabled device to activate the near field communication device from a deactivated state;
• wherein the near field communication-enabled device comprises a near field communication-enabled smartphone;
• wherein, responsive to the near field communication device wirelessly receiving the wakeup near field communication signal from the near field communication-enabled device, the near field communication device (i) wakes up and (ii) determines whether the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device;
• wherein, responsive to determining that the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device, the near field communication device authenticates the near field communication-enabled device for near field communication with the near field communication device;
• and
• wherein, responsive to authentication of the near field communication-enabled device, and with the near field communication-enabled device being within the threshold distance to the vehicle, an electrically operable accessory of the vehicle is electrically operated.