Patent ID: 9270481
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication system for isochronous data transmission, comprising: a real time-controlled Ethernet data network having at least one first communication device, which has a synchronized timer and is designed to transmit real time-critical data telegrams using a scheduled real time control; at least one bridge device; and at least one second communication device that is connected to the bridge device and has a device for supplying real time-critical data telegrams, each of which contains a predetermined transmission time, and that has a communication interface by means of which the real time-critical data telegrams are transmitted to the bridge device, wherein the transmission time is a time at which the bridge device has to forward a data telegram to the first communication device after previously having received the data telegram from the second communication device, and the communication interface does not support any real time-controlled data transmission, and wherein the bridge device comprises: