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Vehicle having an ethernet bus system and method for operating such a bus system

US10374923B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Thomas Kirchmeier · Teningen, DE
Christoph Schmutzler · Munich, DE
Thomas Koenigseder · Vilshofen an der Donau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2016
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/84
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle has a bus system, which is formed as an Ethernet bus system and has at least one distributor device with multiple port connections, to which a bus participant is respectively connected, which, via the associated port connection during the operation of the bus system, transmits data to the distributor device and/or receives data from the distributor device. The at least one distributor device is designed to carry out a diagnosis with respect to at least one of the port connections during operation of the bus system and to provide diagnostic data with respect to the at least one port connection.

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