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Method for scheduling bus system transmissions

US9143348B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

11Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heiko Boeck · Rutesheim, DE
Michael Helmle · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2012
Grant date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/40234
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a bus system, which includes a master and k slaves as users, where a header of an interrogation frame, which includes k information fields, is transmitted by the master to the slaves; in each instance, an mth slave being assigned an mth information field; an information item regarding the amount of data that is to be sent by the mth slave to the master being written by the mth slave to the mth information field assigned to it; the interrogation frame being transmitted to the master; and a time schedule, by which the amount of data to be sent is taken into account, being prepared by the master for transmitting the data.

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