Patent ID: 9356800
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication method for the transmission of TT ethernet messages in a distributed real time computer system, the computer system comprising a plurality of node computers, wherein each node computer has at least one ethernet controller, wherein the ethernet controller is connected via a data line directly to a port of a TT star coupler clearly assigned to the node computer, and wherein a plurality of TT star couplers can be directly or indirectly connected to one another via one or more data lines in order to form a closed TT network, wherein the communication method comprises: characterized in that a TT star coupler clears the transmission channels needed for the transmission of a TT message between TT star couplers and node computers in due time for the expected TT message based on the a priori knowledge of the future network send time of the TT messages.