Patent ID: 11936493
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A communication control method for an onboard apparatus configured to connect to an other onboard apparatus via a first transmission path and a second transmission path, which are transmission paths of different types, the communication control method comprising:
depending on contents of communication information to be transmitted to the other onboard apparatus, selecting at least one from among the first transmission path and the second transmission path as the transmission path to use to transmit the communication information; and, transmitting the communication information to the other onboard apparatus via the transmission path selected; wherein
the second transmission path takes less time than the first transmission path to become able to communicate when transitioning from a sleep state or an inactive state to an active state, and
the control unit selects the second transmission path as the transmission path to use to transmit communication information for activation, which is the communication information for activating the other onboard apparatus.