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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2022
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Manjeet Singh Bilra, Hoerlkofen, DE;
Mohamed-Saad Abdelhameed, Dachau, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Provided is a method for time distribution in a communication network of a vehicle. The method includes: sending, from a grandmaster to a first slave, a first time stamp taken from a grandmaster clock; generating, at the first slave, a first time tuple including the first time stamp and a second time stamp taken from a first slave clock at the time of receiving the first time stamp; sending, from the first slave to a second slave a third time stamp taken from the first slave clock, a fourth time stamp calculated based on the third time stamp and the first time tuple using a predefined calculation method, and the first time tuple; calculating, at the second slave, a fifth time stamp based on the third time stamp and the first time tuple; and comparing, at the second slave, the fifth time stamp to the fourth time stamp.
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