Abstract: A data structure for a jointly utilized memory device, in particular, for inter-process communication, in an application system. The memory device includes a memory cell. The data structure includes a management structure, the management structure being configured to hold a pointer object to the memory cell.

Abstract: A method for providing a piece of data in a communication system. The method includes: allocating a memory means for updating data in the memory means, in particular by a producer, in particular in response to a request signal of the producer; updating the data in the provided memory means with the piece of data; providing the memory means for the purpose of being read out, in particular by a consumer, wherein, in the allocation step, the memory means is allocated as a function of a status of the memory means.

Abstract: A data processing network for the redundant and validated carrying out of successive data processing steps, each used to generate output data from input data. Output data of a first data processing step are at least partially simultaneously input data of a further data processing step. At least a first and a second data processing module carry out each data processing step. The data processing network further comprising a comparator module. The first data processing modules and the second data processing modules transmit control parameters of the individual data processing steps to the comparator module. The comparator module compares corresponding control parameters that were transmitted by the first and second data processing modules. Based on this comparison, the comparator module provides at least one synchronized control parameter that contains an item of control information relating to at least one data processing step that has been carried out.

Abstract: A method for processing data with a data processing network including a plurality of data processing modules which each include at least one data processing component, each data processing component being designed for a defined data processing task for processing the data, each data processing module receiving, as input data, data from a data source and/or output data from further data processing modules and generating output data which is network output data of the data processing network and/or input data of further data processing modules. The method for at least one data processing module including: a) receiving a set of input data for performing the data processing tasks; b) receiving a stimulus for activating the at least one data processing component; c) performing the data processing task with the corresponding input data to generate output data; and d) providing the output data.

Abstract: Deterministic replay of events between software entities. In current frameworks, replays of events (e.g., data communications) between software entities are non-deterministic and unreproducible. In an embodiment, as events are replayed, software entities, stimulated by those events, are queued according to a queuing strategy and executed from the queue. In an alternative embodiment, as software entities are executed, the events, output by those software entities, are queued according to a queuing strategy and played from the queue. Both embodiments ensure determinism and reproducibility across replays.

Abstract: A method for providing a piece of data in a communication system. The method includes: allocating a memory means for updating data in the memory means, in particular by a producer, in particular in response to a request signal of the producer; updating the data in the provided memory means with the piece of data; providing the memory means for the purpose of being read out, in particular by a consumer, wherein, in the allocation step, the memory means is allocated as a function of a status of the memory means.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the usage of a jointly utilized memory medium by a user, in particular by a computer-implemented application. The jointly utilized memory medium is divided into at least one partition, each partition being assignable a right of use, in particular a write permission and/or a read permission, a plurality of user groups being assignable to the right of use, the user being a member of a user group, a usage of the jointly utilized memory medium by the user being prevented when the user accesses a first partition of the at least one partition and the user is not a member of one of the user groups assigned to the right of use corresponding to the access.

Abstract: A data structure for a jointly utilized memory device, in particular, for inter-process communication, in an application system. The memory device includes a memory cell. The data structure includes a management structure, the management structure being configured to hold a pointer object to the memory cell.

Abstract: The replay of events (e.g., data communications) between software entities should be deterministic and reproducible. In the disclosed framework, as events are replayed, software entities, stimulated by those events, are enqueued according to a queuing strategy and executed from the queue. Alternatively, as software entities are executed, the events, output by those software entities, are queued according to a queuing strategy and played from the queue.

Abstract: A method for providing a datum in a receive buffer memory. The method includes storing the datum to be provided in the receive buffer memory, and retrieving an old datum from the receive buffer memory, if the receive buffer memory overflows as a result of storing the datum to be provided.

Abstract: A method for providing a datum in a receive buffer memory. The method includes storing the datum to be provided in the receive buffer memory, and retrieving an old datum from the receive buffer memory, if the receive buffer memory overflows as a result of storing the datum to be provided.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a message in a vehicle, in which the message is received according to a source protocol, a communication mechanism which is used by the message and corresponds to the source protocol is converted in such a way that the communication mechanism corresponds to a canonical protocol, the communication mechanism corresponding to the canonical protocol is converted in such a way that the communication mechanism corresponds to a predefined target protocol, and the message is transmitted according to the target protocol.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a computer program for operating a data processing system, including at least two nodes that are connectable via a data line for transmitting messages. A message includes an identifier for arbitrating messages to be transmitted, the identifier containing—information concerning a priority via which a processing sequence of messages ready for transmission is determined, and the identifier—containing information concerning a network node, via which a sender of the message is unambiguously determined, and—containing information concerning a service, via which a service is determined.

Abstract: A gateway, operable in a hierarchical heterogeneous network, includes at least two interfaces of which at least one is connectable to a lower network level, and the communication protocols in the network provide a message for offering a service and a message for searching for a service, receipt of a message coming in from a lower network level in the gateway at an interface for offering a service, and/or an item of information identifying the offered service, is noted in the interface receiving this message or in a management unit assigned thereto, and receipt of a message from a lower network level in the gateway at an interface for searching for a service and/or an item of information identifying the sought service is noted in the interface or management unit, and if the messages relate to the same service, a message for the service availability is sent via the interface.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a computer program for operating a data processing system, including at least two nodes that are connectable via a data line for transmitting messages. A message includes an identifier for arbitrating messages to be transmitted, the identifier containing—information concerning a priority via which a processing sequence of messages ready for transmission is determined, and the identifier—containing information concerning a network node, via which a sender of the message is unambiguously determined, and—containing information concerning a service, via which a service is determined.

Abstract: A gateway, operable in a hierarchical heterogeneous network, includes at least two interfaces of which at least one is connectable to a lower network level, and the communication protocols in the network provide a message for offering a service and a message for searching for a service, receipt of a message coming in from a lower network level in the gateway at an interface for offering a service, and/or an item of information identifying the offered service, is noted in the interface receiving this message or in a management unit assigned thereto, and receipt of a message from a lower network level in the gateway at an interface for searching for a service and/or an item of information identifying the sought service is noted in the interface or management unit, and if the messages relate to the same service, a message for the service availability is sent via the interface.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a message in a vehicle, in which the message is received according to a source protocol, a communication mechanism which is used by the message and corresponds to the source protocol is converted in such a way that the communication mechanism corresponds to a canonical protocol, the communication mechanism corresponding to the canonical protocol is converted in such a way that the communication mechanism corresponds to a predefined target protocol, and the message is transmitted according to the target protocol.