18832146. Method for Time Distribution in a Communication Network of a Vehicle, and Communication Network (Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft)

Method for Time Distribution in a Communication Network of a Vehicle, and Communication Network

Organization Name

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor(s)

Manjeet Singh Bilra of Hoerlkofen (Woerth) DE

Mohamed-Saad Abdelhameed of Dachau DE

Method for Time Distribution in a Communication Network of a Vehicle, and Communication Network

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18832146 titled 'Method for Time Distribution in a Communication Network of a Vehicle, and Communication Network

Original Abstract Submitted

Provided is a method for time distribution in a communication network of a vehicle. The method includes: sending, from a grandmaster to a first slave, a first time stamp taken from a grandmaster clock; generating, at the first slave, a first time tuple including the first time stamp and a second time stamp taken from a first slave clock at the time of receiving the first time stamp; sending, from the first slave to a second slave a third time stamp taken from the first slave clock, a fourth time stamp calculated based on the third time stamp and the first time tuple using a predefined calculation method, and the first time tuple; calculating, at the second slave, a fifth time stamp based on the third time stamp and the first time tuple; and comparing, at the second slave, the fifth time stamp to the fourth time stamp.