Abstract: A method for mobile control of a rail vehicle, in which a track route is determined using a timetable and train number assigned to the rail vehicle. A route request ensures from the vehicle depending on the actual vehicle data. A high degree of automatization in train control is thus obtained.

Abstract: In a network with switching elements, a transmission path is found in that each destination address at a switching element is allocated a group of outputs via which messages can be transmitted to this destination address. Within this group of outputs, a search is made for a free output and messages are buffered as long as there is no output free within this group. Thus, in the process, there is deliberately no exclusive use of a specific output and each destination address is allocated a plurality of possible outputs. As a result, the probability of a blockage of outputs is reduced and the network throughput is increased.