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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Werner Harter, Illingen, DE;
Eberhard Boehl, Reutlingen, DE;
Werner Harter, Illingen, DE;
Eberhard Boehl, Reutlingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for transmitting information in a network having at least three subscribers, as well as a corresponding network, the information being transmitted in at least a first frame of a predefined length and structure, and the first frame on a first transmission path being transmitted in a loop to the next, second subscriber in each instance, given a predefined transmission direction, the information being additionally transmitted in a second frame having the same length and structure as the first frame, the second frame on a second transmission path being transmitted to a one-after-the-next, third subscriber, the second transmission path and, thus, the second frame skipping the second subscriber, and an assessment being made in dependence upon at least one criterion, thus information, length or structure.