METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING PRIORITY TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITIES IN VEHICLE NETWORK

• US 20200136857A1
• Filed: 10/29/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Yun, Jin Hwa, Kim, Dong Ok, Kim, Byung Joo, Park, Sung Kwon
• Granted Patent: US 11,171,807 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40039 Details regarding the setting of the power status of a node according to activity on the bus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4015 by scheduling the transmission of messages at the communication node
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40215 Controller Area Network CAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40241 Flexray
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

An operation method of a first end node in a vehicle network supporting a PLCA function is provided. The method includes performing a monitoring operation in a first time interval configured for communication of the first end node and detecting a transmission request signal transmitted from a second end node by the monitoring operation. In response to detecting the transmission request signal, a transmission operation of the first end node in the first time interval is stopped. The first time interval is used for communication of a second end node instead of the first end node.

Claims

1. An operation method of a first end node in a vehicle network supporting a physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) function, comprising:

performing, by a controller, a monitoring operation in a first time interval configured for communication of the first end node;

detecting, by the controller, a transmission request signal transmitted from a second end node by the monitoring operation; and

in response to detecting the transmission request signal, stopping, by the controller, a transmission operation of the first end node in the first time interval,

wherein the first time interval is used for communication of a second end node instead of the first end node.

2. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the first end node includes a first entity configured to perform a physical (PHY) layer function and a second entity configured to perform a medium access control (MAC) layer function, and in response to detecting the transmission request signal, a first indicator indicating that the transmission request signal is detected and a second indicator indicating that a collision occurs in the first time interval are transmitted from the first entity to the second entity.

3. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein when the first indicator and the second indicator are received at the second entity, data transmission is prevented from the second entity to the first entity.

4. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission request signal is a low power idle (LPI) signal generated by the second end node that supports an energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) function.

5. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission request signal includes an identifier of the second end node, and the transmission request signal is used to indicate that there is emergency data to be transmitted at the second end node indicated by the identifier.

6. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission request signal includes information that indicates a transmission priority of the second end node, and the transmission operation of the first end node is stopped in the first time interval when the transmission priority of the second end node is higher than a transmission priority of the first end node.

7. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission request signal includes a timer value that indicates a transmission time during which the second end node performs a transmission operation, and the transmission operation of the first end node is resumed after a timer set based on the timer value expires.

8. The operation method according to claim 7, wherein the first end node includes a first entity configured to perform a physical (PHY) layer function and a second entity performing a medium access control (MAC) layer function, the timer value included in the transmission request signal is transferred from the first entity to the second entity, and when a timer set based on the timer value expires, data is transferred from the second entity to the first entity.

9. The operation method according to claim 1, further comprising, when the transmission operation of the second end node is completed in the first time interval, performing the transmission operation of the first end node in a second time interval after the first time interval.

10. The operation method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the controller, a beacon from a third end node when the transmission operation of the second end node is completed in the first time interval; and

performing, by the controller, the transmission operation of the first end node in a second time interval indicated by the beacon.

11. An operation method of a first end node in a vehicle network supporting a physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) function, comprising:

generating, by a controller, a transmission request signal indicating that data to be transmitted exists;

transmitting, by the controller, the transmission request signal in a first time interval configured for communication of a second end node; and

performing, by the controller, a transmission operation of the first end node in the first time interval,

wherein the first time interval is used for communication of the first end node instead of the second end node.

12. The operation method according to claim 11, wherein the transmission request signal is a low power idle (LPI) signal generated by the first end node that supports an energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) function.

13. The operation method according to claim 11, wherein the transmission request signal includes an identifier of the first end node, and the transmission request signal is used to indicate that there is emergency data to be transmitted at the first end node indicated by the identifier.

14. The operation method according to claim 11, wherein the transmission request signal includes a timer value that indicates a transmission time during which the first end node performs a transmission operation, and the transmission operation of the second end node is resumed after a timer set based on the timer value expires.

15. The operation method according to claim 11, wherein the transmission request signal includes information that indicates a transmission priority of the first end node, and the transmission operation of the first end node is performed in the first time interval when the transmission priority of the first end node is higher than a transmission priority of the second end node.

16. An operation method of a first end node in a vehicle network supporting a physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) function, comprising:

detecting, by a controller, a transmission request signal transmitted from a third end node in a first time interval configured for communication of a second end node;

in response to detecting the transmission request signal, changing, by the controller, a time interval configured for communication of the first end node from a second time interval to a third time interval after the second time interval; and

performing, by the controller, a transmission operation of the first end node in the third time interval,

wherein a transmission operation of the third end node is performed in the first time interval, and the transmission operation of the second end node is performed in the second time interval after the first time interval.

17. The operation method according to claim 16, wherein the first end node includes a first entity configured to perform a physical (PHY) layer function and a second entity configured to perform a medium access control (MAC) layer function, and in response to detecting the transmission request signal, a first indicator that indicates that the transmission request signal is detected and a second indicator that indicates that a collision occurs in the first time interval are transmitted from the first entity to the second entity.

18. The operation method according to claim 16, wherein the transmission request signal is a low power idle (LPI) signal generated by the third end node that supports an energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) function.

19. The operation method according to claim 16, wherein the transmission request signal includes an identifier of the third end node, and the transmission request signal is used to indicate that there is emergency data to be transmitted at the third end node indicated by the identifier.

20. The operation method according to claim 16, wherein the transmission request signal includes a timer value that indicates a transmission time during which the third end node performs a transmission operation, and the transmission operation of the first end node is resumed after a timer set based on the timer value expires and the transmission operation of the second end node is completed.