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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Sujan Pandey, Eindhoven, NL;
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Sujan Pandey, Eindhoven, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Data communications are effected in a network having a plurality of different network devices, at least two of the network devices connected to a common wired network link and in which each network device is assigned to communicate during different time slots within a communication cycle. Stored communication protocol data is used to evaluate received configuration data specifying a communication schedule. An output indicative of a non-compliant communication is generated if the evaluation indicates that the communication schedule fails to comply with the protocol data. If the communication schedule complies with the stored communication protocol data, the communication schedule is stored and used to communicate data between the network devices, via a central communication circuit according to time slots specified in the evaluated communication schedule.