Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Robert Boschgmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Nxp B.v.

Daimler Chrysler Ag

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Motorola Corporation

Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Patrick Willem Heuts

Florian Hartwich

Thomas M Forest

Peter Fuhrmann

Robert Hugel

Christian Ebner

Florian Bogenberger

Manfred Bruno Zinke

Christopher Temple

Martin Peller

Bernd Elend

Mathias Rausch

Josef Berwanger

Bernd Müller

Arnold W Millsap

Harald Eisele

Anton Schedl

Jörn Ungermann

Bernd Hedenetz

Ralf Belschner

Harald Weiler

Peter Lohrmann

Thomas Wuerz

Thomas Führer

Matthias Kühlewein

Franciscus Maria Vermunt

Antonius Maria Vos

The present invention relates to a data storage unit for a communication system node, a method for data storage and a communication system node. More particularly it relates to storing buffering data and control data in a unit located outside of a Communication Controller on system or host-controller level, wherein a time-triggered protocol runs on the node. By locating control and buffering related data, including format and behavior, outside the Communication Controller it becomes far more flexible, extendable, and re-configurable as data buffering related restrictions, e.g. buffer sizes and number of buffers, are moved from Communication Controller level to system level.

Storage unit for communication system node, method for data storage and communication system node

The invention refers to a method for monitoring a communication media access schedule of a communication controller () of a communication system () by means of a bus guardian (). The communication system () comprises a communication media () and nodes () connected to the communication media (). Each node () comprises a communication controller () and a bus guardian () assigned to the communication controller (). Messages are transmitted among the nodes () across the communication media () based on a cyclic time triggered communication media access scheme. In order to provide a mechanism which allows the bus guardian () to monitor the communication media access scheme of the communication controller () even during startup of the communication it is suggested, that the bus guardian () has a priori knowledge about possible deviations from the communication media access schedule during startup of the communication and that the bus guardian () during startup makes use of the a priori knowledge to distinguish between an allowed deviation and a forbidden deviation caused by a failure of the communication controller ().

Method for monitoring a communication media access schedule of a communication controller of a communication system

A method and a bit stream decoding unit for bit stream decoding has a bit stream comprising a number of consecutive samples. In order to provide for rapid and, in particular, reliable decoding of the bit stream, a detection window comprising a number of samples is defined and the detection window is positioned at certain positions on the bit stream in order to comprise certain samples with respective sample values. A majority voting is applied to the sample values in the detection window and, in dependence on the result of the majority voting, the bit stream is decoded and respective bit values are generated.

Method and bit stream decoding unit using majority voting

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Patrick Willem Heuts