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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Elmos Semiconductor Ag, Dortmund, DE;
Rainer Kraly, Dortmund, DE;
Elmos Semiconductor Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
The communication network for transmission of messages at different transmission rates comprises a bus line and a plurality of bus participants each of which includes a bus transceiver connected to the bus line and a control unit coupled with said bus transceiver, inter alia, for converting messages received via the bus line and for generating messages to be sent via the bus line, wherein each message includes control data and payload. The messages include first messages whose payload is transmitted via the bus line at a first rate and second messages whose payload is transmitted via the bus line at a second rate which is higher than the first rate, wherein the control data of each message contain a coding representing the transmission rate of the payload of the respective message. The bus participants include first bus participants which can exclusively process a first payload and second bus participants which can process both first and second messages, wherein the bus transceiver of each first bus participant, upon detection of the coding indicating the second payload transmission rate when receiving a second message, substitutes the payload of this second message by a substitute payload and transmits this substitute payload at the first rate to the control unit.