On-vehicle communication system

• US 8,126,611 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2008
• Issued: 02/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Isoyama, Yoshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US12/449,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20100114403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,462 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701 29- 36, 370401-408, 370/392, 370/398, 370464-469, 370/395.5
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40006 Architecture of a communication node current supply arrangements H04L12/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4135 using bit-wise arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40215 Controller Area Network CAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle

Abstract

An on-vehicle communication system has a plurality of buses relay-connected through a relay connection unit, each of the buses having at least one ECU connected thereto. In the vehicle communication system, a basic routing table that specifies a relay point for transmitting from the relay connection unit to the ECU is stored in a ROM and a transmission list report message about message IDs is transmitted. The ECU receives the transmission list report message and sends back a transmission request message about a message ID, which is not included in the transmission list report message but should be received, to the relay connection unit. The transmission request message is received by a table creation unit in the relay connection unit. The table creation unit creates a new additional routing table indicating a correspondence relationship between an ID requested by the transmission request message and a transmission destination and being stored in a RAM.

Claims

1. A communication system to be mounted on a car, wherein a plurality of buses is connected to each other via a relay connection unit, and at least one electronic control unit is connected to each of said buses,

said relay connection unit has a storage section having a ROM storing a basic routing table indicating a correlation between a message ID (identifier) to be relayed and a bus through which said message is to be sent and a RAM storing a rewritten additional routing table indicating a newly added correlation therebetween;

a message creation section creating a transmission list report message indicating a correlation between said message ID (identifier) to be relayed and said bus through which said message is to be sent based on said basic routing table of said storage section and said additional routing table thereof; and

a table creation section creating said additional routing table to be stored in said RAM,

said relay connection unit sending said transmission list report message to all of said buses connected thereto;

said electronic control unit which has received said transmission list report message via said bus sends a transmission request message of a message ID, of necessary messages ID, which said electronic control unit has not received to said relay connection unit;

at said table creation section of said relay connection unit, said relay connection unit which has received said transmission request message creates a new routing table, of an added message, indicating a correlation between said message ID requested by said transmission request message and said bus, through which said message is to be sent, connected to said electronic control unit which has sent said transmission request message and stores said new routing table by rewriting said RAM.

2. The communication system to be mounted on a car according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control unit has:

a storage section storing a reception list table indicating a message ID to be received;

a comparison section comparing said transmission list report message and said reception list table with each other and detecting a message ID included in said reception list table but not included in said transmission list report message; and

a message creation section creating said transmission request message of only said message ID detected by said comparison section,

said electronic control unit sending said transmission request message created at said message creation section thereof to said relay connection unit.

3. The communication system to be mounted on a car according to claim 1, wherein said buses connected to said electronic control unit and said relay connection unit are composed of a CAN, communication line respectively.

4. The communication system to be mounted on a car according to claim 1, wherein said relay connection unit transmits said transmission list report message, and said electronic control unit transmits said transmission request message when said relay connection unit and said electronic control unit are connected to a battery.

5. The communication system to be mounted on a car according to claim 1, wherein said relay connection unit transmits said transmission list report message and said electronic control unit transmits said transmission request message when an off state of said car is switched to an accessory state or an on state by operating an ignition key of said car.

6. The communication system to be mounted on a car according to claim 1, wherein said basic routing table of said ROM of said relay connection unit stores a correlation between said bus and a message ID sent and received between said relay connection unit and said electronic control unit, set as an optional appliance, which has not been connected to said relay connection unit via said bus but is assumed to be connected to said relay connection unit to decrease a number of said additional routing tables to be written to said RAM.

7. The communication system to be mounted on a car according to claim 1, wherein said transmission list report message sent from said relay connection unit is created with reference to both said basic routing table stored in said ROM and said additional routing table already written to said RAM.