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Method, a vehicle mountable controller and a device for operating a vehicle mountable controller in a computer network

US9723081B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Thomas Loewel · Berlin, DE
Ralph Ballentin · Birkenwerder, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2013
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 31, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/48
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exemplary technique is provided for operating a vehicle mountable controller that is mounted to a vehicle and used to control at least a part of the vehicle's operation. The vehicle mountable controller may be used as a network element in a computer network. An idle controller resource of the vehicle mountable controller is provided for remote processing to the computer network. The technique includes determining an operating mode of the vehicle in which the vehicle mountable controller is mounted, and performing a test to determine whether to use the vehicle mountable controller as a network element in the computer network based on the operating mode of the vehicle at a time that the test is performed.

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