Method For Storing Messages in a Message Memory and Message Memory

• US 20080256320A1
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Hartwich, Florian, Bailer, Franz, Horst, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 8,019,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/90 Buffering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/9042 Separate storage for different parts of the packet, e.g. header and payload

Abstract

In a method for storing messages in a communications module, the messages to be stored contain first data having a first data volume and second data having a second data volume, and it is possible for the second data volume to be different per message. A message memory contains a header segment, in which the first data of the message are stored in a respective header area per message, and the message memory also contains a data segment, in which the second data of the message are stored in a respective data area per message The message memory is configured such that a division between the header segment and the data segment is variable, depending on the number of messages and the second data volume.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A message memory in a communications module for storing a plurality of messages, wherein each message to be stored contains first data having a first data volume and second data having a second data volume, and wherein the second data volume is variable for each message, comprising:

a header segment in which the first data of each message is stored in a respective header area per message; and

a data segment in which the second data of each message is stored in a respective data area per message;

wherein the message memory is configured such that a division between the header segment and the data segment is variable, depending on the number of messages to be stored and the second data volume.

14. The message memory as recited in claim 13, further comprising:

a data pointer which is provided per message in the header segment in each header area, wherein the data pointer specifies a data area in the data segment.

15. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the first data and the second data of the messages are stored in a predefined order, and wherein the order of the header areas in the header segment and the order of the data areas in the data segment are identical.

16. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the message memory is in the form of a first-in-first-out memory.

17. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the first data of each message is stored in a respective header area using a first number of memory words that is predefined identically for each header area.

18. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the message memory is configured with a predefined, fixed memory word length.

19. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the header area and the data area directly follow each other.

20. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the message memory is operatively linked to a parity bit generator element and a parity bit checking element.

21. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein each data area includes at least one predefined memory word length, and wherein for each memory word length, a control identifier in the data area is provided, the control identifier including a parity bit.

22. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the message memory is configured as a component of a Flex-Ray communications module.

23. The message memory as recited in claim 13, wherein the message memory is configured as a component of a Flex-Ray communications module in a control unit.

24. A method for storing a plurality of messages in a message memory in a communications module, wherein each message to be stored contains first data having a first data volume and second data having a second data volume, and wherein the second data volume is variable for each message, the method comprising:

providing a header segment in which the first data of each message is stored in a respective header area per message;

providing a data segment in which the second data of each message is stored in a respective data area per message; and

providing a division between the header segment and the data segment in a variable manner, depending on the number of messages to be stored and the second data volume.