Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Rainer Steffen

Wolfgang Hintermaier

Tobias Schoellermann

Joerg Preissinger

Motor vehicle configuration system, including a motor vehicle, in the interior of which at least one transponder that is capable of wireless near field communication is attached and which has a receiving unit for wireless reception of vehicle configuration data over a wireless communication link independent of the wireless near field communication. A portable device has at least one data memory for storing the memory data and has a transmitting unit for a wireless transmission of data on the basis of the memory data. The portable device is programmed such that, when an approach of the portable device to a transponder is detected on the basis of wireless near field communication, the data are transferred from the portable device to the motor vehicle a wireless communication link between the transmitting unit and the receiving unit for the purpose of providing the motor vehicle with configuration data. The communication link is independent of the wireless near field communication.

Motor vehicle configuration system

A communication system is provided having a plurality of FlexRay network nodes by which respective user data packets are provided in an IP data packet format or an Ethernet data packet format, and having a FlexRay bus system, by whose physical layer data are transmitted between the FlexRay network nodes. The IP data packet format or the Ethernet data packet format each having a plurality of bit positions. The FlexRay network nodes are set up such that contents of the bit positions of the user data packets are each converted onto corresponding signals of the physical layer of the FlexRay bus system.

Communication system

A communication system is provided with a plurality of FlexRay network nodes (FRK) by which respective data packets are provided in an IP data packet format or an Ethernet data packet format, and a FlexRay bus system (FRB), by whose physical layer, data are transmitted between the FlexRay network nodes (FRK). The IP data packet format or the Ethernet data packet format each has a plurality of bit positions. The FlexRay network nodes (FRK) each include a media access layer (MAC) which is set up such that the data packets provided in an IP data packet format or Ethernet data packet format are converted into a preset media-independent data format (MII), and an adaptation layer (ANP) which is set up such that the data provided in the media-independent data format (MII) are converted onto corresponding signals of the physical layer of the FlexRay bus system (FRB).

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Munich, Germany

Rainer Steffen