Apparatus and method for combined transmission of input/output data in automation bus systems
US8031736B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY04S40/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An installation is disclosed having a plurality of components which are connected to one another via an Ethernet network, with at least a first of the components having a device for reading data that is intended for that component from a sum frame via a sum frame protocol, as well as a device for reading the sum frame from the data part of an Ethernet MAC frame, with at least one of the components of the installation having a device for embedding the sum frame in the data part of an Ethernet MAC frame, and having a device for transmission of the Ethernet MAC frame via the Ethernet network, and with at least one of the components having a device for insertion of an identifier into the Ethernet MAC frame, which identifier indicates whether the data part of the Ethernet MAC frame contains a sum frame.
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