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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
David Gozalvez Serrano, Munich, DE;
Oliver Klemp, Munich, DE;
Hyung-Taek Lim, Munich, DE;
Markus Strassberger, Wartenberg, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A communication device for a vehicle has a first communication unit and a second communication unit. The first communication unit is configured to communicate with a server via a first communication protocol. The second communication unit is configured to communicate with at least one further vehicle via a second communication protocol. The first communication unit is configured to receive from the server control information for the second communication protocol and to forward it to the second communication unit. The second communication unit is configured to perform, depending on the forwarded control information, at least one predetermined setting for communicating with the at least one further vehicle by use of the second communication protocol.