Claims
- 1. A vehicle network structure with a control unit having a processor unit for a data processing-aided electronic control system; a gateway with a motor vehicle communication interface unit including at least two communication interfaces to interface with at least a first vehicle databus and a second vehicle databus, wherein said first databus has a first transmitting frequency and is directly connected to at least one additional control unit of the vehicle said second databus is one of KIN bus, a CAN bus, a diagnostic bus or a telematic bus and is directly connected to at least another one additional control unit of the vehicle, said second databus having a second transmitting frequency wherein incoming messages (Na) from one of said first and second databuses are transmitted at a frequency (fa′) which differs from a receiving frequency (fa) of the other one of said first and second databuses, wherein the vehicle communication interface unit is a separate structural hardware component from said processor unit and wherein the vehicle communication interface unit includes a bandwidth adapter to convert said incoming messages from said one of said first and second databus to another one of said first and second databus; said vehicle communication interface unit further comprising a bridge and a router unit for converting individual ones of received frames from one of said at least two communication interfaces to another one of said at least two communication interfaces; and means for modifying said received frames.
- 2. The vehicle network structure according to claim 1, wherein a functional structure of the means for modifying said received frame includes a gateway processor as a separate hardware structural component.
Priority Claims (1)
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197 50 662 |
Nov 1997 |
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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This application claims the priority of German application No. 197 50 662.3, filed Nov. 15, 1997, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
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