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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Sascha Guebner, Bodenburg, DE;
Johannes Morgenroth, Hildesheim, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a first communication unit of a communication system to determine, using a second communication unit, a maximum value for a latency time of a data packet transmitted from a first communication unit to a second communication unit of the communication system. The method includes: receiving, using the first communication unit, at least one token message sent from the second communication unit to the first communication unit and including time information representing a reference time of the token message; and sending, by the first communication unit, the data packet with the time information included in the at least one received token message to the second communication unit to determine the maximum value for the latency time of the data packet transmitted from the first communication unit to the second communication unit on the basis of the time information comprised by the data packet.