Systems and Methods for Simulating Over-The-Air Software Updates for Vehicles

A computer-implemented method for testing, within an isolated virtual environment, an update controller for distributing an over-the-air (OTA) software update, the method comprising:

• accessing data indicative of a rule for distributing the OTA software update;
• determining an action to be taken for implementing the OTA software update, wherein the action is based on the rule for distributing the OTA software update and a mocked behavior of an external software service available to the update controller,
• wherein the mocked behavior simulates a response of the external software service to a request from the update controller within the isolated virtual environment;
• accessing data indicating that a vehicle simulator is available for the OTA software update;
• generating, for the vehicle simulator, a task package comprising the OTA software update and indicating the action to be taken for implementing the OTA software update;
• and
• outputting the task package to the vehicle simulator within the isolated virtual environment.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that are executable by a control circuit configured to test, within an isolated virtual environment, an update controller for distributing an over-the-air (OTA) software update, the control circuit configured to:

• access data indicative of a rule for distributing the OTA software update;
• determine an action to be taken for implementing the OTA software update, wherein the action is based on the rule for distributing the OTA software update and a mocked behavior of an external software service available to the update controller,
• wherein the mocked behavior simulates a response of the external software service to a request from the update controller within the isolated virtual environment;
• access data indicating that a vehicle simulator is available for the OTA software update:
• generate, for the vehicle simulator, a task package comprising the OTA software update and indicating the action to be taken for implementing the OTA software update;
• and
• output the task package to the vehicle simulator within the isolated virtual environment.