Patent · US Expired

Data bus for several users

US6898656B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Robert Griessbach · Weyarn, DE
Martin Peller · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 2002
Grant date	May 24, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 27, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/403
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the case of a data bus for several users, the users have hierarchical transmission authorizations; the users are synchronized by a synchronization signal; and the communication of the user with the highest priority, which can be emitted at regular time intervals by this user, serves as a synchronization signal.

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