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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Thomas Kirchmeier, Odelzhausen, DE;
Christoph Schmutzler, Munich, DE;
Thomas Koenigseder, Wilfling, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle has a bus system, which is formed as an Ethernet bus system and has at least one distributor device with multiple port connections, to which a bus participant is respectively connected, which, via the associated port connection during the operation of the bus system, transmits data to the distributor device and/or receives data from the distributor device. The at least one distributor device is designed to carry out a diagnosis with respect to at least one of the port connections during operation of the bus system and to provide diagnostic data with respect to the at least one port connection.