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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Selig, Lohr-Sendelbach, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 12/433 (2006.01); H04L 12/437 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40019 (2013.01); H04L 12/42 (2013.01); H04L 12/433 (2013.01); H04L 12/437 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40208 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a field bus network having two masters and at least one slave which are connected to one another in a dual ring comprising a first ring and a second ring and each of the two masters being configured for generator data packets and sending out a generated data packet on each of the rings at regular time intervals. The at least one slave being configured for receiving a data packet at an input and forwarding it at an output. Each of the two masters being configured for receiving a data packet coming from the other master in each case at an input and forwarding it at an output.