A control device and corresponding motor vehicle for connecting a CAN bus to a radio network, having the following features: the control device includes a wireless controller, a microcontroller, a programmable logic module and a CAN transceiver; the microcontroller is connected, on the one hand, to the wireless controller and, on the other hand, to the logic module; the CAN transceiver is connected, on the one hand, to the logic module and, on the other hand, to the CAN bus; a data stream to the microcontroller corresponds to a data stream from the CAN transceiver; and the logic module is configured in such a manner that it monitors a data stream from the microcontroller which is addressed to the CAN transceiver and, on the basis of a data frame contained in the data stream from the microcontroller, suppresses at least this data frame.

A method and a correspondingly designed device for data transfer in a computer network, the method including transmitting a first message addressed by a first node of the computer network to a second node of the computer network for requesting information regarding the synchronicity of the second node with an element of the computer network, receiving a second message addressed by the second node of the computer network to the first node of the computer network with information regarding the synchronicity of the second node with the element, and ascertaining a status of the synchronization of the second node with the element with the aid of the received information.

Master communication device for a token network. The token network comprises a shared communication medium and at least one further master communication device coupled to the shared communication medium, the token network being arranged to pass frames and to execute a poll for master cycle. The master communication device is restricted in executing a poll for master cycle in specified cases especially if another device executed a poll for master for finding a new master communication device on the token network.

Packets received by a network device are assigned to packet flows defined by shared packet characteristics. The packet flows belong to a first category containing packet flows that are to be granted access to the shared resource periodically and with a fixed time interval between subsequent grants of access to the shared resource, or a second category containing packet flows not included in the first category. A periodic schedule that allocates the shared resource to the packet flows in the first category is determined. The periodic schedule includes one or more empty time slots during which the shared resource is not granted to any packet flow in the first category. Access to the shared resource is granted to packet flows in the first category according to the periodic schedule, and is granted packet flows in the second category during the empty time slots in the periodic schedule.

An automation system has a plurality of subscribers including a first primary unit, first distributor, second primary unit, second distributor, and at least another subscriber unit. First and second transmitting/receiving devices of the first and second distributor are connected via a ring-shaped data bus. In a first mode, the first distributor forwards telegrams received from the first primary unit to the first transmitting/receiving device, and forwards telegrams received by the second transmitting/receiving device to the first primary unit. The second distributor also forwards first telegrams received by the first transmitting/receiving device to the second transmitting/receiving device. In a second mode, the second distributor forwards telegrams received by the second primary unit to the second transmitting/receiving device, and the second distributor forwards telegrams received by the first transmitting/receiving device to the second primary unit. The first distributor also forwards telegrams received by the second transmitting/receiving device to the first transmitting/receiving device.

A communication relay device, a communication network system, a communication relay method, or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program relays communication between a plurality of masters that comply with a communication protocol that does not support a VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) function and a plurality of slaves that comply with a communication protocol that supports the VLAN function, via a communication network, converts a time synchronization communication frame transmitted from the plurality of masters into a communication frame that supports the VLAN function, and transmits the time synchronization communication frame to a destination slave.

A control system for a vehicle comprising a vehicle network which is configured to exchange data with a plurality of zone controllers configured to control respective modules, such as sensors and/or actuators, operating in respective zones of the vehicle, wherein each zone controller comprises: a microcontroller, a master control unit, and/or a slave control unit. At least a first zone controller in the plurality of zone controllers comprises a respective master control unit coupled by a communication link, for example a serial bus, to a slave control unit of a second zone controller in the plurality of zone controllers, and it is configured to send instructions such as data read/write requests from the first zone controller, to the second zone controller on the communication link, wherein the second zone controller is configured to receive and execute said instructions, for example in form of data read/write requests, via the respective slave control unit.