Vehicle communications system
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1. A vehicle communications system, comprising:
- a plurality of equipment units for transmitting, receiving, acquiring and/or processing data for executing applications;
a plurality of hardware interfaces each associated with one of said plurality of equipment units;
a common vehicle data bus, each of the plurality of equipment units being connected to the common vehicle data bus via said associated one of said hardware interfaces; and
wherein the applications are assigned flexibly controllable functions having respective software interfaces, each function being respectively assigned one of said software interfaces for exchanging data with other ones of software interfaces and/or said hardware interfaces, wherein the functions are executed within any desired one of said equipment units.
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A vehicle communications system, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided having a plurality of equipment units for transmitting, receiving, acquiring and/or processing data for executing applications. The equipment units are connected to a common data bus via associated hardware interfaces. The applications are assigned flexibly controllable functions, each function being respectively assigned a software interface for exchanging data with other software interfaces and/or hardware interfaces, and the functions being executed within any desired equipment unit.
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1. A vehicle communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of equipment units for transmitting, receiving, acquiring and/or processing data for executing applications;
a plurality of hardware interfaces each associated with one of said plurality of equipment units;
a common vehicle data bus, each of the plurality of equipment units being connected to the common vehicle data bus via said associated one of said hardware interfaces; and
wherein the applications are assigned flexibly controllable functions having respective software interfaces, each function being respectively assigned one of said software interfaces for exchanging data with other ones of software interfaces and/or said hardware interfaces, wherein the functions are executed within any desired one of said equipment units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for operating a vehicle communications system having a plurality of equipment units for transmitting, receiving, acquiring and/or processing data for executing applications, the equipment units being coupled to a common data bus via associated hardware interfaces, the method comprising the acts of:
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assigning flexibly controllable functions to the applications;
assigning a software interface to each function for exchanging data with other software interfaces and/or said associated hardware interfaces; and
executing the functions within any one of the plurality of equipment units. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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