New white paper delivers a vendor-neutral framework spanning edge, 5G, APIs, cloud, and software-defined vehicles

The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) today released a new white paper, “AECC Industry Blueprint: Shaping the Future of Automotive Innovation.” This vital new document provides the automotive industry and the digital infrastructure ecosystem — including communications, computing and software — with a shared, vendor-neutral reference for deploying connected vehicle and mobility services at scale.

As the automotive industry moves rapidly toward software defined vehicles, demand continues to grow for large scale data processing, highly reliable communications, and AI-enabled services that can meet strict latency and availability requirements. At the same time, it has become clear that architectures relying solely on centralized cloud infrastructures are no longer sufficient. The new white paper addresses this challenge by outlining a distributed edge, 5G, API, and cloud architecture designed to support emerging connected vehicle use cases in real-world deployment environments.

The white paper reflects cross-working-group collaboration within AECC and represents AECC’s collective technical consensus. The Architecture and Requirements Working Group played a central role in its creation.

Key takeaways from the white paper include:

1. A comprehensive reference architecture for enabling connected vehicle and mobility services using distributed edge and cloud computing.
2. Clear definition of roles and responsibilities across industry actors, including OEMs, network operators, edge, 5G, API and cloud providers, and service providers.
3. A structured identification of gaps between current solutions and future technical and operational requirements.
4. Practical insights informed by proof-of-concept activities that validate the proposed architectural approach.

This publication builds on and consolidates several earlier AECC white papers. While previous documents focused on individual use cases or technical areas, this new white paper integrates those findings into a unified, end-to-end industry blueprint connecting challenges, requirements, architecture, and implementation learnings.

“Connected vehicle services are evolving quickly, and the industry needs a common architectural foundation to support deployment at scale,” said Dr. Ryokichi Onishi, AECC Board Chairperson. “This white paper reflects broad, cross-industry collaboration and provides a practical, vendor-neutral blueprint that supports both current deployments and future innovation.” AECC encourages OEMs, network operators, technology providers, and service developers to use this blueprint as a common reference when designing and deploying connected-vehicle and mobility solutions. Aligning on interoperable edge, 5G, API, and cloud architectures and collaborating to address the technical and operational gaps identified in the white paper are critical next steps for the industry.

The white paper also outlines priorities for AECC, including continued proof-of-concept activities, further refinement of interface definitions, and deeper cross-industry collaboration to support real-world deployment.

AECC invites stakeholders to provide constructive feedback on the white paper and to engage through AECC working groups and proof of concept initiatives.

The white paper is available on the AECC website.

Engage with the AECC Through Collaborative Initiatives

Organizations seeking to explore practical applications of connected vehicle services are invited to participate in the AECC’s Proof of Concept (PoC) program. Case studies and on-demand videos highlighting successful PoC outcomes are available at https://aecc.org/proof of concepts/. Interested parties can initiate collaboration by contacting ProofofConcept@aecc.org.

The AECC welcomes companies from all industries related to advancing connected vehicle services. To learn more about AECC membership, visit https://aecc.org/membership/.

About the AECC

The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) is an association of cross-industry, global leaders working to explore the rapidly evolving and significant data and communications needs involved in instrumenting hundreds of millions of vehicles worldwide. The AECC’s goal is to promote best practices for communication and computing infrastructure to effectively utilize automotive big data, toward realizing an enriched mobility society. The AECC’s members are key players in the automotive, high-speed mobile network, edge computing, wireless technology, distributed computing and artificial intelligence markets. For more information about the AECC and its membership benefits, please visit https://aecc.org/.

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“Connected vehicle services are evolving quickly, and the industry needs a common architectural foundation to support deployment at scale,” said Dr. Ryokichi Onishi, AECC Board Chairperson.