Predictable Modelling and Analysis of Software-defined Vehicle Implementations

Abstract

Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) rely on middleware-based communication and hardware abstraction mechanisms that introduce temporal uncertainty affecting end-to-end timing guarantees. Previous work proposed probabilistic architectural models for early timing analysis, but the representativeness of these abstractions with respect to SDV implementations remained unclear. This paper presents an experimental framework combining probabilistic design-time timing analysis with a monitored Kuksa-based implementation. The same reaction-time analysis is applied both to simulation and implementation traces, enabling direct comparison between predicted and observed timing behaviour. We additionally introduce a comparison methodology separating conservative coverage from predictive fidelity of timing distributions. The results show that the proposed abstractions remain representative under different middleware load conditions while preserving conservative timing guarantees, supporting incremental timing verification approaches for SDV platforms.