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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Alexander Poddey, Wiernsheim, DE;
Fredrik Kamphuis, Leonberg, DE;
Nik Scharmann, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a network, a proper subset of the nodes carrying out at least one special task. The method includes assigning a weight to each node, each node having the option as a donor node to conditionally or unconditionally delegate portions of its weight to recipient nodes. Based on the weight of each node, plus portions delegated to it and minus portions delegated by it, the proper subset of the nodes is selected, based on at least one predefined criterion. A portion of a donor node is conditionally delegated to at least two recipient nodes, under the suspending condition that the recipient node does not belong to the proper subset after the selection, and the same portion that is conditionally delegated to multiple recipient nodes is taken into account at most upon acceptance of one of these recipient nodes into the proper subset.