Method and system for transmitting data in a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356742-B2
Application number	US-201214129002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A method and a system are provided for transmitting data in a motor vehicle by wireless communication. The data from a first transmitting data node is divided, transmitted to a second receiving data node via at least two different communication routes, and reassembled upon being received. Redundant data is generated from the data to be transmitted, the redundant data allowing a reconstruction of the data to be transmitted in the event that a communication route fails. The redundant data and the data to be transmitted are transmitted via the different communication routes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting data in a motor vehicle by wireless communication over a network having a plurality of nodes, the method comprising:
dividing data from a first transmitting data node ( 2 );
transmitting, via at least two different communication routes (a, b, c), the divided data to a second receiving data node ( 3 );
reassembling, upon reception, the transmitted divided data;
generating, of data ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted, redundant data ( 7 , 7 a , 7 b ) which facilitate reconstruction of the data ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted in the case of a failure of a communication route (a, b, c); and
transmitting the redundant data ( 7 , 7 a , 7 b ) and the data ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted via the different communication routes,
wherein:
selection of the communication routes is carried out by a combination of:
(a) static route selection, and
(b) restricted dynamic route selection, in which dynamic selection of only a predetermined number of the data nodes is permitted,

each of the plurality of nodes is aware of its position within the motor vehicle, and
the redundant data ( 7 a , 7 b ) are formed by a logical operation on different parts of the data ( 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted, weighting between achievable redundancy and transmission speed being adapted by specifying the degree of redundancy.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the redundant data ( 7 ) are a copy of the data ( 6 ) to be transmitted and the redundant data ( 7 ) and the data ( 6 ) to be transmitted are transmitted via different communication routes (a, b, c).

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data ( 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted are divided and different communication routes (a, b, c) are used for different parts of the data ( 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the number of different parts of the data ( 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) reconstructable by the redundant data ( 7 a , 7 b ) is a predeterminable number.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted and the redundant data ( 7 , 7 a , 7 b ) are transmitted in each case in data packets, the redundant data ( 7 , 7 a , 7 b ) being formed from the data packets of the data ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b , 6 c ) to be transmitted.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication is an ultra-wide-band communication.

7. A system for transmitting data in a motor vehicle by wireless communication over a network having a plurality of nodes, comprising a first transmitting data node ( 2 ) and a second receiving data node ( 3 ) and at least two different communication routes (a, b, c) for transmitting data between the first and the second data node ( 2 , 3 ), the first data node ( 2 ) and the second data node ( 3 ) in each case having a computing unit configured for performing a transmission of data, wherein the computing unit of the first data node ( 2 ) and the computing unit of the second data node ( 3 ) is configured to perform the method as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Menzel Marc
• Staehlin Ulrich
• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Menzel Marc
• Staehlin Ulrich

Classifications

• H04L1/0041

  Arrangements at the transmitter end · CPC title

• H04L45/24 Primary

  Multipath · CPC title

• H04L1/22 Primary

  using redundant apparatus to increase reliability · CPC title

• H04L1/08

  by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H04B1/71632

  Signal aspects (H04B1/7172 and H04B1/7176 take precedence) · CPC title