System and method for controlling the service engagement in a data bus system

• US 20040105436A1
• Filed: 08/29/2003
• Published: 06/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Ament, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,328,291 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/362
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/403 with centralised control, e.g. polling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

Data bus system and method are provided for controlling service engagements for bus users. At least one bus user provides services and other bus users use these services. A resource manager stores information about the available services and information about the service-providing bus users. The resource manager reserves a service from a providing bus user if the service can be used, and sends a response to a requesting bus user, allowing the requesting bus user to use the service from the providing bus user via the data bus. Information about the provided services is provided on the data bus via a standard interface by the bus users and a change in the provision of a service by a bus user is made available to the resource manager via the standard interface. The resource manager controls the service engagement on the basis of a priority information item.

Claims

1. In a data bus system having a resource manager and a plurality of bus users using the data bus, at least one bus user providing services and other bus users using the provided services, wherein the resource manager stores information about a type of the available services provided by the bus users and information about the service-providing bus users, reserves a service from a providing bus user if the providing bus user'"'"'s service can be used, and sends a response to a requesting bus user so that the requesting bus user can use the service from the providing bus user via the data bus, a method for controlling service engagements for bus users on the data bus system comprising the acts of:

providing on the data bus via a standard interface associated with the resource manager the information about the provided services;

making available to the resource manager via the standard interface a change in the provision of a service by a bus user; and

controlling the service engagement with the resource manager on the basis of a priority information item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the acts of:

sending service request messages from a bus user to the resource manager via the data bus; and

the resource manager using the stored information to ascertain a bus user with the suitable service and asking the bus user whether the service can be used by the requesting bus user.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the service request includes a priority, and wherein the resource manager uses the priority in the event of a collision between two service requests to prescribe which bus user can use the service in which period.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the resource manager controls the synchronous and asynchronous data channel engagement and the functions of a data bus.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the resource manager controls the assignment of services available in the system to a telematics system and to a data bus over time.

6. The method according claim 5 wherein, to transmit a message via the data bus, a request is transmitted to the resource manager, which calculates the message transmission need for each individual bus user on the data bus for future times, takes the bus protocol as a basis for detecting the time sequence for the data channels, and ascertains the optimum engagement of each data channel on the basis of the calculated communication need.

7. In a data bus system having a resource manager and various bus users using the data bus, at least one bus user providing services and other bus users using the provided services, wherein the resource manager stores information about the type of the available services provided by the bus users and information about the service-providing bus users, reserves a service from a providing bus user if the providing bus user'"'"'s service can be used, and sends a response to a requesting bus user so that the requesting bus user can use the service from the providing bus user via the data bus, a method for controlling service engagements for the bus users on the data bus system comprising the acts of:

providing the information about the provided services on the data bus by the bus users via a standard interface;

making available to the resource manager via the standard interface a change in the provision of a service by a bus user; and

controlling, via the resource manager, services which relate to the functions and the initialization of the bus users and of the data bus system.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the acts of:

sending service request messages from a bus user to the resource manager via the data bus; and

the resource manager using the stored information to ascertain a bus user with the suitable service and asking the bus user whether the service can be used by the requesting bus user.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the resource request includes a priority, and the resource manager uses the priority in the event of a collision between two service requests to prescribe which bus user can use the service in which period.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the resource manager controls the synchronous and asynchronous data channel engagement and the functions of a data bus.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the resource manager controls the assignment of services available in the system to a telematics system and to a data bus over time.

12. The method according claim 11, wherein to transmit a message via the data bus, a request is transmitted to the resource manager, which calculates the message transmission need for each individual bus user on the data bus for future times, takes the bus protocol as a basis for detecting the time sequence for the data channels, and ascertains the optimum engagement of each data channel on the basis of the calculated communication need.

13. In a data bus system having a resource manager, at least one bus user adapted to provide services and a plurality of bus users adapted to use the provided services, a method performed by the resource manager for controlling service engagements for bus users comprising the acts of:

storing information about the available services provided by the bus users, the information being received on the data bus via a standard interface;

receiving service requests from bus users via the data bus;

ascertaining a service-providing bus user with the requested service in accordance with the stored information, and if the requested service is available, reserving the requested service from the service-providing bus user;

monitoring, via the standard interface, changes in the provision of a service by a service-providing bus user; and

controlling the service engagement on the basis of a priority information item.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the resource manager controls the synchronous and asynchronous data channel engagement and the functions of a data bus.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the resource manager controls the assignment of services available in the system to a telematics system and to a data bus over time.

16. The method according claim 15, wherein to transmit a message via the data bus a request is transmitted to the resource manager, which calculates the message transmission need for each individual bus user on the data bus for future times, takes the bus protocol as a basis for detecting the time sequence for the data channels, and ascertains the optimum engagement of each data channel on the basis of the calculated communication need.

17. In a data bus system having a resource manager, at least one bus user adapted to provide services and a plurality of bus users adapted to use the provided services, a method performed by the resource manager for controlling service engagements for bus users comprising the acts of:

storing information about the available services provided by the bus users, the information being received on the data bus via a standard interface;

receiving service requests from bus users via the data bus;

ascertaining a service-providing bus user with the requested service in accordance with the stored information, and if the requested service is available, reserving the requested service from the service-providing bus user;

monitoring, via the standard interface, changes in the provision of a service by a service-providing bus user; and

controlling services which relate to the functions and the initialization of the bus users and of the data bus system.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the acts of:

receiving service request messages from a bus user via the data bus; and

using the stored information to ascertain a bus user with the suitable service and asking the bus user whether the service can be used by the requesting bus user.

19. The method according to claim 18 wherein the resource request is assigned a priority, which is used in the event of a collision between two service requests to prescribe which bus user can use the service in which period.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the resource manager controls the synchronous and asynchronous data channel engagement and the functions of a data bus.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the resource manager controls the assignment of services available in the system to a telematics system and to a data bus over time.

22. The method according claim 21, wherein to transmit a message via the data bus a request is transmitted to the resource manager, which calculates the message transmission need for each individual bus user on the data bus for future times, takes the bus protocol as a basis for detecting the time sequence for the data channels, and ascertains the optimum engagement of each data channel on the basis of the calculated communication need.

23. A data bus system comprising:

a data bus;

a plurality of bus users connected to the data bus, wherein at least one bus user is adapted to provide services and a plurality of other bus users are adapted to use the provided services; and

a resource manager connected to the data bus, the resource manager including a memory and a standard interface and being adapted to maintain in the memory information about service-providing bus users,

wherein the resource manager is further adapted to reserve a service from a service-providing bus user if the providing bus user'"'"'s service can be used, and send a response to a requesting bus user, so that the requesting bus user can use the service from the providing bus user via the data bus, and

wherein the resource manager is further adapted to control service engagements for bus users on the data bus system on the basis of priority information, the resource manager receiving through the standard interface the information about the provided services and monitoring via the standard interface changes in the provision of a service by a bus user.

24. The data bus system according to claim 23, wherein the resource manager is further adapted to control the synchronous and asynchronous data channel engagement and the functions of a data bus.

25. The data bus system according to claim 24, wherein the resource manager is further adapted to control the assignment of services available in the system to a telematics system and to a data bus over time.

26. The data bus system according claim 25, wherein if a message needs to be transmitted via the data bus a request is transmitted to the resource manager, which calculates the message transmission need for each individual bus user on the data bus for future times, takes the bus protocol as a basis for detecting the time sequence for the data channels, and ascertains the optimum engagement of each data channel on the basis of the calculated communication need.

27. A data bus system comprising:

a data bus;

a plurality of bus users connected to the data bus, wherein at least one bus user is adapted to provide services and a plurality of other bus users are adapted to use the provided services; and

a resource manager connected to the data bus, the resource manager including a memory and a standard interface and being adapted to maintain in the memory information about service-providing bus users,

wherein the resource manager is further adapted to reserve a service from a service-providing bus user if the providing bus user'"'"'s service can be used, and send a response to a requesting bus user, so that the requesting bus user can use the service from the providing bus user via the data bus,

wherein the resource manager is further adapted to control services which relate to the functions and the initialization of the bus users and of the data bus system, the resource manager receiving through the standard interface the information about the provided services and monitoring via the standard interface changes in the provision of a service by a bus user.

28. The data bus system of claim 27, wherein the resource manager is further adapted to receive service request messages from a bus user via the data bus, and use the stored information to ascertain a bus user with the suitable service and asking the bus user whether the service can be used by the requesting bus user.

29. The data bus system according to claim 28 wherein the resource request is assigned a priority, which is used in the event of a collision between two service requests to prescribe which bus user can use the service in which period.

30. The data bus system according to claim 29, wherein the resource manager is further adapted to control the synchronous and asynchronous data channel engagement and the functions of a data bus.

31. The data bus system according to claim 30, wherein the resource manager is further adapted to control the assignment of services available in the system to a telematics system and to a data bus over time.

32. The data bus system according claim 31, wherein if a message needs to be transmitted via the data bus a request is transmitted to the resource manager, which calculates the message transmission need for each individual bus user on the data bus for future times, takes the bus protocol as a basis for detecting the time sequence for the data channels, and ascertains the optimum engagement of each data channel on the basis of the calculated communication need.