Patent ID: 11956314
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A vehicle communication system comprising:
a management device;
a storage device; and
one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units constructing a network, wherein
the management device detects addition of a function unit to the network, and acquires, from a new function unit that is the function unit the addition of which has been detected, function unit information including information regarding network configuration of a layer lower than an application layer,
the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units each transmit, to the management device, its own function unit information including information regarding network configuration of a layer lower than an application layer, and
the management device generates configuration information of a new network that is the network further including the new function unit, based on the function unit information acquired from the new function unit and on the function unit information received from the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units, wherein
when the configuration information of the network is registered in the storage device and the registered configuration information includes a part or the entirety of the function unit information of the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units, the management device acquires the part or the entirety of the function unit information of the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units from the storage device, and
when there is lacking information that is function unit information not acquired from the configuration information registered in the storage device, the management device transmits an information request notification for requesting the lacking information to the one or the plurality of on-vehicle function units.