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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Mueller, Waiblingen, DE;

Timo Lothspeich, Gerlingen, DE;

Volker Blaschke, Ludwigsburg, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 74/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1078 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); H04L 12/403 (2013.01); H04L 12/4035 (2013.01); H04W 74/002 (2013.01); H04W 74/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/40143 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a communications method that comprises the step of sending a query message from a central entity to at least one node. For every queried node, the central entity determines a node-specific time window based on a node-specific response time. The central entity filters out a response message, sent from the queried node, from the signals received during this time window. Based on the node-specific time window, the central entity assigns the response message to the queried node. The invention also relates to a computing unit that is configured to operate as a central entity, to a communications system, as well as to a computer program and a computer-readable storage program with said computer program.


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