Communication module system having an interface module and interface module

• US 7,848,317 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2005
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Hartwich, Florian, Taube, Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Moe; Aung S
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H
• Application Number:
  US11/667,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20080123678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,838 Days
• Field of Search: 370/360, 370/364, 370/402, 370/537, 710/27, 710/100, 710/306
• US Class Current: 370/360
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4009 with data restructuring

Abstract

A communication module system has an interface module for interconnection with at least one communication module, the interface module containing an input, via which the interface module receives first data and/or messages, a first transmission path and a second transmission path being provided in the interface module, a coupling element being provided in the second transmission path, which coupling element is implemented in such a way that the first data and/or messages are at least partially combined to form second data and/or messages.

Claims

1. An interface module for interconnection with at least two communication modules connected to a databus, each of the at least two communications modules having a communication interface element, comprising:

an input configured to receive at least one of a first data and a first message of a first data;

a coupling element;

an output; and

a switching element;

wherein;

a first data path is provided to and from the databus and to and from a message memory of one of the at least two communication modules, the message memory being assigned to the communication interface element, the communication interface element provides a second data path, which is configured so that the at least one of the first data and the first message of the first data path are at least partially conducted via the second data path, each respective communication interface element has one input and one output by which the at least two communication modules are connected together via the second data path, the interface module is connected into the second data path via the input and the output so that there is an interconnection of the at least two communication modules and the interface module, the coupling element is provided in the second transmission path, and the coupling element is configured such that the at least one of the first data and the first message is at least partially combined to form at least one of second data and a second message for being transmitted via the second data path, and wherein the interface module and the communication module are implemented using a processor and a memory.

2. The interface module as recited in claim 1, wherein the switching element is configured as a multiplexing module.

3. The interface module as recited in claim 1, wherein the coupling element is configured as a coupling field.

4. The interface module as recited in claim 1, wherein the coupling element includes a register transfer block.

5. The interface module as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a memory element which is provided in the second transmission path.

6. The interface module as recited in claim 5, wherein the memory element is configured as a register module.

7. The interface module as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a controller which controls the coupling element.

8. The interface module as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a controller which controls the switching element.

9. The interface module as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a controller which controls the coupling element; and

a memory element in the second transmission path, wherein the memory element is a register module;

wherein the switching element is configured as a multiplexing module, and

wherein the coupling element is a coupling field, and includes a register transfer block.

10. A system having at least two communication modules comprising:

a communication interface element including a coupling element; and

an interface module connected to the communication interface element, the interface module having an input and an output, and a switching element, the input being configured to receive at least one of a first data and a first message of a first data path;

wherein;

a first data path is provided to and from the databus and to and from a message memory of one of the at least two communication modules, the message memory being assigned to the communication interface element, the communication interface element provides a second data path, which is configured so that the at least one of the first data and the first message of the first data path are at least partially conducted via the second data path, each respective communication interface element has one input and one output by which the at least two communication modules are connected together via the second data path, the interface module is connected into the second data path via the input and the output so that there is an interconnection of the at least two communication modules and the interface module, the interface module is connected into the second data path via the input and the output, the interface module at least partially receives the at least one of the first data and the first message via the second data path, the coupling element in the interface element is configured such that the at least one of the first data and the first message is at least partially combined to form at least one of a second data and a second message and transmitted via the second data path, and wherein the interface module and the communication module are implemented using a processor and a memory.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

a controller which controls the coupling element.

12. The system as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

a controller which controls the switching element.

13. A communication module system, comprising:

at least two communication modules, each including a communication interface element, wherein a coupling element is provided in the communication interface element;

an interface module assigned to at least one of the at least two communication modules, wherein the interface module includes an input and an output, and wherein the interface module is connected to at least one of the at least two communication modules;

and a message memory provided in a first data path linking the message memory, wherein at least one of a first data and a first message is transmitted on the first data path one of from the message memory and to the message memory;

wherein;

the message memory is assigned to the communication interface element, the communication interface element provides a second data path, which is configured so that the at least one of the first data and the first message of the first data path are at least partially conducted via the second data path, each respective communication interface element has one input and one output by which the at least two communication modules are connected together via the second data path, the interface module is connected into the second data path via the input and the output so that there is an interconnection of the at least two communication modules and the interface module, the coupling element is provided in the second transmission path, and the coupling element is configured such that the at least one of the first data and the first message is at least partially combined to form at least one of a second data and a second message and transmitted via the second data path, and wherein the interface module and the communication module are implemented using a processor and a memory.

14. The communication module system as recited in claim 13, wherein each communication module includes a communication interface element, and wherein the two communication modules are connected via the second data path of each communication module, and wherein the interface module at least partially combines the at least one of the first data and the first message of a first communication module to form the at least one of the second data and the second message and transmits the at least one of the second data and the second message via the second data path to a second communication module.

15. The communication module system as recited in claim 14, wherein the communication module and the interface module are connected annularly via the second data path.

16. A method for generating at least one of data and a message, the method comprising:

transmitting at least one of a first data and a first message on a first data path connecting a message memory, wherein the at least one of the first data and the first message is transmitted to an interface module;

transmitting at least a part of the at least one of the first data and the first message via a second data path to the interface module; and

transmitting, in the interface module, the at least one of the first data and the first message via the first data path and the second data path such that the at least one of the first data and the first message is partially combined to form at least one of a second data and a second message and transmitted again onto the second data path;

wherein there at least two communication modules, each having a communication interface element,

wherein one of the communication interface elements provides the second data path, which is configured so that the at least one of the first data and the first message of the first data path are at least partially conducted via the second data path,

each respective communication interface element has one input and one output by which the at least two communication modules are connected together via the second data path,

the interface module is connected into the second data path via the input and the output so that there is an interconnection of the at least two communication modules and the interface module,

a coupling element is provided in the second transmission path, and

the coupling element is configured such that the at least one of the first data and the first message is at least partially combined to form at least one of second data and a second message for being transmitted via the second data path.