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Network and method for operating a network

US9216706B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Martin Döring · Braunschweig, DE
Olaf Krieger · Lostau, DE
Andreas Titze · Braunschweig, DE
Henning Harbs · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2011
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A network, in particular in a motor vehicle, wherein the network includes a central subscriber and at least one first subscriber, wherein the central subscriber and the at least one first subscriber are connected via at least one first cable, wherein the central subscriber has at least one signal coupling unit and at least one energy coupling unit, wherein by the signal coupling unit an AC voltage can be impressed on at least one first line of the first cable or can be tapped therefrom. Also disclosed is a method for operating a network.

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