Apparatuses and methods of an in-vehicle gateway system for monitoring and controling in-vehicle subsystems

A method at an in-vehicle gateway system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of in-vehicle subsystems within a vehicle, comprising:

• enabling a third one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems to use a resource of a first one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems;
• enabling the third one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems to use data produced by a second one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems wherein the third one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems is a newly added in-vehicle subsystem;
• generating a unified control command by a central controller of the in-vehicle gateway system in response to an input from a driver of the vehicle or an event from one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems, for monitoring or controlling at least one of the in-vehicle subsystems based on a plurality of input data from the one or more of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems and predefined policies;
• and
• transmitting the unified control command using a switch fabric on one of associated communication links.

An apparatus of an in-vehicle gateway system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of in-vehicle subsystems within a vehicle, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• enable a third one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems to use a resource of a first one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems;
• enable the third one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems to use data from a second one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems wherein the third one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems is a newly added in-vehicle subsystem;
• and
• generate a unified control command by a central controller in response to an input from a driver of the vehicle or an event from one of the plurality of the in-vehicle subsystems, for monitoring or controlling at least one of the in-vehicle subsystems, wherein the unified control command is transmitted using a switch fabric on one of associated communication links.