Patent ID: 9591480
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for secure communication of at least one of multiple components of a vehicle with at least one external communication partner, wherein the secure communication is via a wireless communication link and each of the multiple components includes at least one communication module for data exchange, comprising: exchanging data packets between a transceiver device of the vehicle and an external transceiver station; ascertaining a communication status of the wireless communication link, wherein the communication status includes a level of security of the communication; assigning a security level to individual components of the multiple components; and as a function of the ascertained communication status of the wireless communication link, and the security level assigned to the individual components of the multiple components, at least one of: (a) enabling at least one of: (i) data exchange between the at least one of the multiple components and others of the multiple components, (ii) data exchange between the external communication partner and the others of the multiple components, (iii) access of the at least one of the multiple components to the others of the multiple components, and (iv) access of the external communication partner to the others of the multiple components; and (b) disabling at least one of: (i) data exchange between the at least one of the multiple components and the others of the multiple components, (ii) data exchange between the external communication partner and the others of the multiple components, (iii) access of the at least one of the multiple components to the others of the multiple components, and (iv) access of the external communication partner to the others of the multiple components.