Central communication unit of a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A central communication unit of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of connection modules that establish wireless data links between a transceiver of the motor vehicle and at least one transmitting/receiving device located outside the motor vehicle;
a connection module manager that controls the connection modules to establish the wireless data links;
a communication organization module that, in accordance with predetermined criteria, distributes available external connection capacities of the wireless data links among a plurality of software applications executed by devices located inside the motor vehicle and communicatively coupled to the central communication unit via a data network,wherein the distribution is based on whether the software applications are respectively determined to be dynamic applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include different values for maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data, or static applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include a single value for both maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data.
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Abstract
A central communication unit of a motor vehicle and to a method for controlling the communication between a plurality of applications by way of such a central communication unit are provided. The central communication unit has a communication organization module, which can actively distribute the available external radio connection capacities between the central communication unit and at least one transmitting/receiving device to individual active data connections of the applications in accordance with predetermined criteria. In the central communication unit, the available external radio connection capacities are distributed among the individual data connections of the individual applications in a specific, controlled manner. The criteria for this are the demand for connection capacity and/or the priorities of the different data connections.
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13 Claims
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1. A central communication unit of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of connection modules that establish wireless data links between a transceiver of the motor vehicle and at least one transmitting/receiving device located outside the motor vehicle; a connection module manager that controls the connection modules to establish the wireless data links; a communication organization module that, in accordance with predetermined criteria, distributes available external connection capacities of the wireless data links among a plurality of software applications executed by devices located inside the motor vehicle and communicatively coupled to the central communication unit via a data network, wherein the distribution is based on whether the software applications are respectively determined to be dynamic applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include different values for maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data, or static applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include a single value for both maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling communication between a plurality of software applications and at least one transmitting/receiving device located outside of a motor vehicle, the software applications being executed on devices of the motor vehicle, which devices are connected, via a data network, to a central communication unit of the motor vehicle, the method comprising:
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establishing wireless data links used by the plurality of software applications to communicate with the transmitting/receiving device; and distributing, by a communication organization module and in accordance with predetermined criteria, available external connection capacities of the wireless data links among the plurality of software applications, wherein the distribution is based on whether the software applications are respectively determined to be dynamic applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include different values for maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data, or static applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include a single value for both maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A motor vehicle, comprising:
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a central communication unit; a plurality of devices, each device executing at least one software application; a data network connecting the devices and the central communication unit, wherein the central communication unit comprises; a plurality of connection modules that establish wireless data links between the motor vehicle and at least one transmitting/receiving device located outside the motor vehicle; a connection module manager that controls the connection modules to establish the wireless data links; a communication organization module that, in accordance with predetermined criteria, distributes available external connection capacities of the wireless data links among the software applications, wherein the distribution is based on whether the software applications are respectively determined to be dynamic applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include different values for maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data, or static applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include a single value for both maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data.
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