Patent ID: 9350617
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing serial communication by exchange of data frames between a transmitting node and at least one receiving node, which are connected by a bus system, the method comprising: assigning the roles of transmitter and receiver to nodes for each of the data frames by an arbitration procedure defined in CAN-Standard ISO 11898-1, wherein the exchanged data frames have a logical structure according to the CAN-Standard ISO 11898-1, wherein the data frames are composed of a sequence of bits, wherein the logical structure of the data frames includes a Start-Of-Frame-Bit, an Arbitration Field, a Control Field, a Data Field, a CRC Field, an Acknowledge Field and an End-Of-Frame Field, wherein the Data Field may have a length of zero bits, wherein each of the Arbitration Field, the Control Field, the CRC Field, the Acknowledge Field and the End-Of-Frame Field contains at least two bits, wherein each bit has a bit time, wherein each bit time is divided into Time Segments, including SYNC_SEG, PROP_SEG, PHASE_SEG predetermining at least two different sets of values of the Time Segments (SYNC_SEG, PROP_SEG, PHASE_SEG