Motor vehicle data communication network

• US 20020098854A1
• Filed: 12/04/2001
• Published: 07/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Becker GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Becker GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lappe, Dirk, Becker, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,917,109 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/465
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4637 Interconnected ring systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle

Abstract

To make possible communication between a MOST network and an external receiver and an external transmitter, the MOST network is connected to an interface, which transforms data in the MOST standard into a standard suitable for the external receiver, and transforms data received from the external transmitter into the MOST standard.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle MOST data communication network, comprising:

a ring bus;

a plurality of multimedia units connected to said ring bus; and

a wireless transceiver connected to said ring bus, wherein said wireless transceiver receives outgoing data from said ring bus and transforms said outgoing data to a wireless data format and transmits the transformed data, and receives incoming data and transforms said incoming data and provides transformed incoming data indicative thereof to said ring bus.

2. The motor vehicle MOST data communication network of claim 1, wherein said incoming data is formatted as Bluetooth data.

3. The motor vehicle MOST data communication network of claim 1, wherein said incoming data is formatted according to a time division multiplex encoding.

4. The motor vehicle MOST data communication network of claim 1, wherein said incoming data is formatted according to a Digital European Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) standard.

5. The MOST data communication network of claim 2, wherein said plurality of multimedia units includes a DVD player.

6. The MOST data communication network of claim 2, wherein said plurality of multimedia units includes an audio player.

7. The MOST data communication network of claim 2, wherein said plurality of multimedia units includes a navigation system.

8. A method of communicating over a wireless communication channel between a motor vehicle MOST network having a wireless transceiver and a wireless device, comprising:

receiving outgoing data at the wireless transceiver in a first data format compatible with the MOST network and transforming the outgoing data to a second data format compatible with the wireless communication channel and providing a transformed output signal indicative thereof; and

transmitting said transformed output signal over the wireless communication standard.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving incoming data at the wireless transceiver in the second data format and transforming the incoming data to the first data format, and providing a transformed input signal indicative thereof.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said second data format is compatible with Bluetooth.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said second data format is compatible with Digital European Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) standard.

13. The motor vehicle MOST data communication network of claim 12, wherein said transformed output data signal is formatted as Bluetooth data.

14. The motor vehicle MOST data communication network of claim 12, wherein said transformed output data signal is formatted according to a time division multiplex encoding.

15. The motor vehicle MOST data communication network of claim 12, wherein said transformed output data signal is formatted according to a Digital European Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) standard.

12. A motor vehicle MOST data communication network that communicates over a wireless communication channel with a wireless device, comprising:

a ring bus;

a plurality of multimedia units connected to said ring bus; and

means for receiving outgoing data from said ring bus in a first data format compatible with the MOST network, and for transforming said outgoing data to a second data format compatible with a wireless communication channel and for transmitting a transformed output data signal indicative thereof over the wireless communication standard.