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Vehicle active network with fault tolerant devices

  • US 8,194,536 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2001
  • Issued: 06/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a vehicle comprising a first device and a second device, an active network communicatively coupling the first and second devices,wherein the active network comprises a fabric of active network elements such that each of the active network elements is interconnected to a plurality of other active network elements of the fabric of active network elements via a corresponding plurality of point-to-point connections each of which connects no more than two active network elements to one another,wherein the active network elements are configured to route data packets through the fabric of active network elements to provide at least one communication path selected from multiple potential communication paths between the first device and the second device.

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