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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Michael Franke, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Kiesel, Poxdorf, DE;
Gernot Rossi, Simmelsdorf, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for the control of a first station () in a switched data network () by a second station () in the switched data network (), the communication between stations of the switched data network () taking place via one or more point-to-point connections in transmission cycles which are synchronous with one another; for the transmission of a reference value from a first station () of a switched data network () to a second station () of the switched data network (), the communication between stations of the switched data network () taking place via one or more point-to-point connections in transmission cycles which are synchronous with one another; for the transmission of input values and output values between an input/output station () and a control unit () via a switched data network (); for the transmission of a data telegram with applications data via a switched data network (); and for the generation of a relative clock () in a station () of a switched data network ().