Abstract: A method for operating a communications network that includes at least two users that are communicatively connected to one another via a descriptor-based communication system such as Ethernet. For writing data from a writing user into a user to be written, receive descriptors and data are transmitted from the writing user to the user to be written, in the user to be written, the data being written according to the received receive descriptors, and/or for reading data by a reading user from a user to be read, transmit descriptors are transmitted from the reading user to the user to be read, data being read by the user to be read according to the received transmit descriptors and transmitted to the reading user. A communications network and users are also described.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications network that includes at least two users that are communicatively connected to one another via a descriptor-based communication system such as Ethernet. For writing data from a writing user into a user to be written, receive descriptors and data are transmitted from the writing user to the user to be written, in the user to be written, the data being written according to the received receive descriptors, and/or for reading data by a reading user from a user to be read, transmit descriptors are transmitted from the reading user to the user to be read, data being read by the user to be read according to the received transmit descriptors and transmitted to the reading user. A communications network and users are also described.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications network that includes a computing system, at least one intermediate control unit, and at least one execution unit for each intermediate control unit. The at least one intermediate control unit is communicatively connected to the computing system using a first communication system. Each of the at least one execution unit is communicatively connected to the associated intermediate control unit using a second communication system, which is a master-slave communication system, and used as a slave. A message configuration table for each second communication system is stored in the computing system, the message configuration table indicating a temporal sequence of data to be transmitted on the second communication system in question. For a communication with one of the execution units, data are sent from the computing system, via the associated intermediate control unit, to the execution unit according to the associated message configuration table.

Abstract: A user station for a bus system and a method for broadband CAN communication are provided. The user station includes a control unit for controlling an access of the user station via a first bus system to a bus of a second bus system of the communication system, the first bus system being designed for a communication, in which at least at times an exclusive, collision-free access of one of at least two user stations of the communication system to a bus of the first bus system is ensured, and the bus of the second bus system having at least two channels, via which it is possible to transmit messages of the at least two user stations of the communication system in different separate frequency ranges temporally independently of one another.

Abstract: A user station for a bus system and a method for broadband CAN communication are provided. The user station includes a control unit for controlling an access of the user station via a first bus system to a bus of a second bus system of the communication system, the first bus system being designed for a communication, in which at least at times an exclusive, collision-free access of one of at least two user stations of the communication system to a bus of the first bus system is ensured, and the bus of the second bus system having at least two channels, via which it is possible to transmit messages of the at least two user stations of the communication system in different separate frequency ranges temporally independently of one another.

Abstract: A system with a first computer unit and with a second computer unit, wherein the first computer unit comprises a first interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the second computer unit comprises a second interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the first and the second computer units can be connected to each other by means of a further interface, wherein the actuator comprises an interface, wherein depending on the first or on the second operating state the interface determines whether a control command for a driving function is adopted by the first or the second computer unit, so that in the first operating state only the first computer unit can activate the actuator and in a second operating state only the second computer unit can activate the actuator.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: A system with a first computer unit and with a second computer unit, wherein the first computer unit comprises a first interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the second computer unit comprises a second interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the first and the second computer units can be connected to each other by means of a further interface, wherein the actuator comprises an interface, wherein depending on the first or on the second operating state the interface determines whether a control command for a driving function is adopted by the first or the second computer unit, so that in the first operating state only the first computer unit can activate the actuator and in a second operating state only the second computer unit can activate the actuator.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: A gateway module for connection of at least two sub-networks is described. A first sub-network of the at least two sub-networks supports a data transmission in accordance with a first communications protocol, especially CAN, FlexRay, LIN, MOST or Ethernet, and a second sub-network of the at least two sub-networks supports a data transmission in accordance with a second communications protocol, especially CAN, FlexRay, LIN, MOST or Ethernet. The gateway module has a configurable hardware circuit which is adapted to manipulate and forward data from the first sub-network and to the second sub-network taking into consideration the first communications protocol and the second communications protocol.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: A gateway module for connection of at least two sub-networks is described. A first sub-network of the at least two sub-networks supports a data transmission in accordance with a first communications protocol, especially CAN, FlexRay, LIN, MOST or Ethernet, and a second sub-network of the at least two sub-networks supports a data transmission in accordance with a second communications protocol, especially CAN, FlexRay, LIN, MOST or Ethernet. The gateway module has a configurable hardware circuit which is adapted to manipulate and forward data from the first sub-network and to the second sub-network taking into consideration the first communications protocol and the second communications protocol.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing two communication networks of an electronic data-processing system, each of the networks including one or more respective nodes, may include establishing for each of the networks a respective time schedule that establishes at least one respective time slot for a respective synchronization message. The synchronization message time slots are established to coincide. The synchronization message of the first communication network is generated by one of the nodes of the first communication network. The synchronization message of the second communication network is generated as a function of the synchronization message of the first communication network.

Abstract: A wireless network arrangement for a vehicle includes an electronic controller disposed within the vehicle. A plurality of wireless electronic components are disposed within the vehicle and are wirelessly communicatively coupled to the electronic controller. The components are networked together wirelessly such that members of any subgroup of the components can wirelessly communicate with each other.

Abstract: An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.

Abstract: An automotive electrical body system includes a plurality of electrical assemblies coupled to at least one automotive body component. Each of the assemblies includes a heating element for heating the at least one component, a motor for actuating the at least one component, or a switch configured to toggle the at least one component on and off. Each of the assemblies also includes a wireless communication module for receiving wireless signals, and, in response to the wireless signals, controlling operation of the heating element or motor. An electrical conductor interconnects each of the electrical assemblies and carries electrical power to each of the electrical assemblies.