System, method, and apparatus to execute vehicle communications using a zonal architecture

A system, comprising:

• a vehicle having a multi-zone network comprising a plurality of network zones, each one of the network zones comprising at least one zone manager;
• wherein the plurality of network zones are arranged according to a network topology description of a selected zone architecture;
• and
• a service management controller, comprising:
• a service registration circuit structured to maintain a service register comprising a plurality of services and a service description for each of the plurality of services;
• a service publication circuit structured to expose at least one service from the plurality of services to a requestor source, in response to a service publication request;
• a service subscription circuit structured to enroll a requestor source with the at least one service in response to a service subscription request, and to update the service register in response to the enrollment;
• a network management controller, comprising:
• a zone implementation circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme;
• a zone manager command circuit structured to interpret a zone manager command description for each of the at least one zone managers in response to the zoned architecture communication scheme;
• and
• a zone execution circuit structured to provide the corresponding zone manager command description to each of the at least one zone managers;
• and
• wherein each of the at least one zone managers is responsive to the corresponding zone manager command description and the service register to control communications between end points of the corresponding network zone and end points of at least one other zone of the plurality of network zones.