Patent ID: 7154908
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for coupling messages of a central control device with decentralized communication devices, comprising: setting up and/or clearing down a communication connection for the transport of communication data which is performed by at least one first functional unit of a communication network; controlling the connection function which is performed by a second functional unit of the communication network, wherein the first and second functional units are spatially separate from each other, message traffic occurs on at least two partial connection links; different communication protocols are used on the partial connection links; and a message is transmitted on the partial connection link directly using a respective communication protocol, in which groups of a number of first decentralized devices and second decentralized devices are administered, in which messages occur from a number of first decentralized devices, the messages are transmitted after passing through a first partial connection link in a second decentralized device in a bundled form and on one second partial connection link, and in which the messages from/to the second decentralized devices are initially sorted and then processed in the central control device.