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Method and device for exchanging data between at least two stations connected via a bus system

US7313716B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Weigl · Linkenheim-Hochstetten, DE
Thomas Fuehrer · Ditzingen, DE
Bernd Mueller · Leonberg, DE
Florian Hartwich · Reutlingen, DE
Robert Hugel · Kaufering, DE
Peter Baeuerle · Ludwigsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2006
Grant date	Dec 25, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/40273
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for exchanging data in messages between at least two stations connected via a bus system, the messages containing the data being transmitted by the stations over the bus system and the messages being controlled over time by a first station in such a manner that the first station repeatedly transmits a reference message over the bus at least one specifiable time interval and the time interval is divided into time windows of specifiable length, the messages being transmitted in the time windows, a reference message and the subsequent time windows until the next reference message being combined into a first cycle, and the first station interrupting the transmission at the end of a first cycle due to a stop request, in particular, a message of the at least second station.

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