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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Vasco Vollmer, Gartow, DE;
Markus Radimirsch, Laatzen, DE;
Vasco Vollmer, Gartow, DE;
Markus Radimirsch, Laatzen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a method for repeat transmission of messages in a centrally controlled communication network including a plurality of terminals and a central station messages assigned sequence numbers are broadcast or multicast from the central station for reception by terminals of a participating group. As soon as a terminal detects loss of a transmitted message or an error in the transmitted message, it transmits a repeat request for repeat transmission of that message, which includes the sequence number of the lost or erroneous message, over another communication link, especially a point-to-point communication link. The central station repeats the message transmission of the lost or erroneous message but only until a predetermined maximum number of repetitions occurs within a predetermined time interval or until a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the previously lost or erroneous message is received.