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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Helge Zinner, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Daniel Hopf, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
The method includes the following steps: a) a head node determining the number of active nodes; b) the head node classifying the identified nodes into two or more classifications of nodes in order to prioritize the Ethernet network communication; c) the head node receiving reservation requests from at least some of the multiplicity of nodes; d) allocating time slots, in response to reservation requests, to one or more nodes in the upcoming communication window, the allocations being based on a priority of the nodes and the priority being allocated to the nodes in accordance with their classification. After the number of active nodes has been determined, the bus cycle length is calculated and the number of sleeping or inactive or defective nodes is determined, and a beacon bus cycle is determined in terms of how much the bus cycle length is able to be shortened.