Control device for connecting a can bus to a radio network, and motor vehicle having such a control device

• US 10,009,289 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2016
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Maise, Timo, Behrendt, Paul, Schneider, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ambaye, Mewale
• Application Number:
  US15/085,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40 Bus networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0613 based on the type or category of the network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0823 Errors, e.g. transmission errors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/801 Real time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

A control device, which connects a controller area network (CAN) bus to a radio network, includes a wireless controller, a microcontroller, a CAN controller and a CAN transceiver. The CAN controller has a first channel and a second channel for transmitting (Tx) and receiving (Rx) frames. The microcontroller is connected, on the one hand, to the wireless controller and, on the other hand, to the first channel of the CAN controller. The CAN transceiver is connected, on the one hand, to the second channel of the CAN controller and, on the other hand, to the CAN bus. The CAN controller configured in such a manner that it transmits or blocks a frame received on the first channel on the basis of an identifier of the frame on the second channel. Also described is a motor vehicle having such a control device.

Claims

1. A control device for connecting a controller area network (CAN) bus to a radio network, comprising:

a wireless controller, a microcontroller, a CAN controller and a CAN transceiver,

the CAN controller has a first channel and a second channel for transmitting (Tx) and receiving (Rx) frames,

the microcontroller is connected to the wireless controller and to the first channel of the CAN controller,

the CAN transceiver is connected to the second channel of the CAN controller and to the CAN bus, and

the CAN controller transmits or blocks a frame received on the first channel from the wireless controller through the microcontroller for delivery to the CAN bus on a basis of an identifier of the frame received on the second channel from the CAN transceiver, wherein the largest possible identifiers denote permissible functions, the CAN controller supports at least two CAN channels, and the CAN controller transmits the frame if the identifier denotes one of the following permissible functions;

diagnosis,

network management,

component protection, or

a customer function.

2. The control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the CAN controller blocks the frame if the frame is an error frame.

3. The control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a further microcontroller for controlling the CAN controller.

4. A motor vehicle having a control device for connecting a controller area network (CAN) bus to a radio network, the control device comprising:

a wireless controller, a microcontroller, a CAN controller and a CAN transceiver,

the CAN controller has a first channel and a second channel for transmitting (Tx) and receiving (Rx) frames,

the microcontroller is connected to the wireless controller and to the first channel of the CAN controller,

the CAN transceiver is connected to the second channel of the CAN controller and to the CAN bus, and

the CAN controller transmits or blocks a frame received on the first channel from the wireless controller through the microcontroller for delivery to the CAN bus on a basis of an identifier of the frame received on the second channel from the CAN transceiver, wherein the largest possible identifiers denote permissible functions, the CAN controller supports at least two CAN channels, and the CAN controller transmits the frame if the identifier denotes one of the following permissible functions;

diagnosis,

network management,

component protection, or

a customer function.