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Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA)

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The FOTA application allows vehicle ECU firmware to be updated in the background. The FOTA gateway is physically connected with in-vehicle networking and has the ability to communicate with ECUs capable of FOTA updating; and it is typically the controller that performs firmware updating management for the whole vehicle.

A typical FOTA system consists of three components:

  • FOTA server: responsible for the management of vehicle software release, and optionally to customize updates for every vehicle client based on OEM policies.
  • FOTA client: application responsible for communication with a backend server and updating campaign management for all the other ECUs in the vehicle. Typically runs on FOTA gateway.
  • FOTA agent: application that performs final updating of firmware for ECUs during run-time. It sometimes also runs on FOTA gateway to support self-updating.

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