What is a connected car?
When your car goes online for navigation, entertainment, or phone calls, it connects to the mobile network via an embedded SIM. To optimize the flow of traffic or prevent accidents, connecting to all surrounding objects and infrastructure necessary. This type of "V2X" or "vehicle-to-all" connection is worked in in 5G networks.
Smarter mobility
More and more people would like to use their car as a kind of "smart home". As everyone wishes to make life more comfortable, quick control over all functions of a car seems to be natural.
What do connected cars, 5G, eSIM, Secure Element, IoT, and NFC have in common?
Just look at your smartphone: many devices already use all these technologies today! If you make a call, the mobile network moving to 5G routs it. When connecting to a network, the SIM or eSIM inside your phone is your anchor for security – a Secure Element. In case your health tracker prompts you to move, it's IoT – Internet of Things. After practice, you are thirsty and pay for a drink with your smartphone - by NFC.
Smartphones make car connectivity tangible
If your next appointment is a one-hour drive away, you get in the car with your smartphone. Inside, you put the phone on the console. The built-in NFC reader checks your digital key on the phone, in a Secure Element. You start the engine, and the car is connecting to the internet with 5G. After exchanging traffic information, it spots an accident on your route. But don't worry: an eCall made help arrive as fast as possible.
All components in connected cars must work without delay and in an extremely reliable way. COMPRION offers powerful test tools for:
Integrating an eSIM into a TCU (Telematic Control Unit) can prove to be a complex task. Especially, if you must make sure that it connects correctly to the mobile network, reliability is key. Speed up verification with COMPRION test solutions! Easily find the right test package for validating your ECUs as fully interoperable components for all cellular networks.
Maintain the firmware of TCUs throughout the lifetime of any vehicle by performing over-the-air (OTA) updates. Remote SIM provisioning (RSP) tools help to control these updates. Hence, they can verify that your eSIM connectivity chain works as intended. If your TCU needs to switch to another network operator throughout a car´s lifetime, make sure it works correctly.
How to make sure that your car access solution works with every smartphone or key device? Perfectly prepare approval according to the new device classes for CCC Digital Key by NFC Forum. Secure it with the only validated test tool! Do you require comprehensive insights during end-to-end interoperability testing? Get to know the NFC sniffer TraceCase.
While on the road, a connected car depends on seamless access to a mobile network. Thus, all V2X (vehicle-to-everything) modules need fast and safe 5G access. Learn how to test cellular connectivity for better driver assistance, car OEM services, telematics, and infotainment solutions.
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From 2G to 5G, COMPRION test tools have one of the biggest test coverage for certification. Thus, ensure mobile network connectivity.
Prove interoperability of your digital key and access solution by an NFC Forum approval & sniff into the communication with our smart tracing tool TraceCase.
Spot any root cause by checking all interfaces. Combine test tools for 5G, eSIM/Secure Element, and NFC with built-in expertise to find answers faster.
Test over-the-air communication without network simulator. Assure switch of network operators during lifetime. Translate OTA messages over all channels.
Speed up and increase your skills regarding the eSIM connectivity chain & NFC technology. We offer both basic modules, that explain the technology from the ground up, as well as trainings for more in-depth topics. Our technology experts will adapt your individual training to your needs. Learn more & book your face-to-face or remote training session here:
Learn how to make sure that the wireless module of your ECU works with various eSIMs, even from different suppliers.
COMPRION is the first test tool manufacturer to receive validation for the new NFC Forum certification release CR13
COMPRION and Anritsu are proud to announce the worldwide release of the first test platform for USIM/USAT handset testing within the 5G New Radio (NR) Network.
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