Method and device for monitoring a bus system and bus system

• US 7,269,675 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2002
• Issued: 09/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Schmidt, Frank, Dalakuras, Lambros, Hirt, Juergen
• Primary Examiner(s): Moise; Emmanuel L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abyaneh; Ali
• Application Number:
  US10/256,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20030158983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,811 Days
• Field of Search: 710/107, 710/13, 713/160
• US Class Current: 710/107
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/22 Arrangements for preventing the taking of data from a data transmission channel without authorisation means for verifying the identity or the authority of a user of a secure or secret communication system H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40032 Details regarding a bus interface enhancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/4026 Bus for use in automation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

A method and device for monitoring a bus system and bus system having at least two users, of which at least one is structured as an authorized user and monitors the data transmission on the bus system, an identifier being transmitted and the identifier being uniquely allocatable to one user for each data transmission on the bus system, the at least one authorized user comparing the identifier with a specified identifier, and if both identifiers are the same taking measures in order to prevent an execution of the data to be transmitted if the data transmission is initiated by a user other than the at least one authorized user.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring a bus system having at least two users, comprising:

structuring at least one of the at least two users of the bus system as at least one authorized user that monitors at least some of a plurality of data transmissions on the bus system;

for each of the monitored data transmissions;

transmitting an identifier uniquely allocatable to one of the at least two users;

causing the at least one authorized user to compare the respective identifier with another identifier; and

if, and conditional upon that, (a) the respective identifier and the other identifier are the same and (b) the respective data transmission is initiated by a user other than the at least one authorized user, implementing a measure in order to prevent an execution of the respective data to be transmitted;

wherein at least one of the monitored data transmissions is initiated by the user other than the at least one authorized user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the measure is initiated as a measure to prevent a complete execution of the respective data to be transmitted.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

for the at least one of the monitored data transmissions, preventing a complete data transmission in such a way that the data to be transmitted of the at least one of the monitored data transmissions is at least partially destroyed by the at least one authorized user.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein:

the data of the at least one of the monitored data transmissions to be transmitted is destroyed by the at least one authorized user in such a way that the data of the at least one of the monitored data transmissions is overwritten with a data signal dominant for the bus system.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the at least one authorized user monitors the at least some data transmissions by comparing the at least some data transmissions'"'"' respective identifiers only for a specified event.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the execution of the respective data to be transmitted is prevented in such a way that the respective data to be transmitted is labeled invalid by the at least one authorized user, such that a user, as recipient of the respective data, recognizes the respective data as invalid and rejects the respective data.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the at least one authorized user includes each of the at least two users.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the bus system includes a LIN bus system, and

the at least one authorized user triggers at least one of the monitored data transmissions.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein:

each identifier includes a synchronization bit signal of one of the at least two users structured as a LIN master, and

the at least one authorized user includes the one of the at least two users structured as the LIN master.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the bus system includes a CAN bus system,

each one of the at least two users transmits an ID before the data transmission,

at least one ID is allocated to each one of the at least two users, and

the at least one authorized user compares the at least one ID allocated thereto with another ID transmitted on the bus system.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the bus system includes a system corresponding to BSS, and

the at least one authorized user triggers at least one of the monitored data transmissions.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein:

the at least one authorized user includes a user structured as a BSS master, and

at least one of the monitored data transmission'"'"'s identifier includes at least one synchronization bit signal of the at least one authorized user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein, with respect to each of the at least two users:

the respective user is allocated a respective identifier;

the respective user monitors the each of the monitored data transmissions on the bus; and

the respective user, for a particular one of the at least one of the monitored data transmissions, implements the measure to prevent the execution if the transmitted identifier of the particular monitored data transmission is the same as the identifier allocated to the respective user and the data of the particular data transmission was not transmitted by the respective user.