Patent ID: 11904874
Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A control architecture for a vehicle, comprising:
a first control unit;
a second control unit;
a first vehicle communication network circuit;
a second vehicle communication network circuit, wherein
the first control unit is connected to the first vehicle communication network circuit during normal operation of the first vehicle communication network circuit,
the second control unit is connected to the second vehicle communication network circuit different from the first vehicle communication network circuit during normal operation of the second vehicle communication network circuit, and
a plurality of commanded components are configured to receive commands from the first control unit and/or the second control unit over communication circuit lines, which are separate from the first and second vehicle communication network circuits; and

an interlink communication line separate from the first and second vehicle communication network circuits connects the first control unit to the second control unit, wherein
the first and second control units are communicatively connected to all of the plurality of commanded components,
in a first mode of operation, the first control unit is configured to act as a master controller and the second control unit is configured to act as a slave controller, and
in a second mode of operation, the second control unit is configured to act as a master controller and the first control unit is configured to act as a slave controller.