Patent ID: 6745144
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: B60R,H04L

Abstract:
A circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle equipped with multiple functional modules, the circuit arrangement comprising:a joint gateway; at least two bus systems through which said multiple functional modules are connected with the joint gateway; wherein said gateway includes a receiving channel for receiving data from and a transmitting channel for transmitting data to, respectively, each of said at least two bus systems; wherein said gateway further comprises testing instruments which monitor a successful transmission of data to a functional module of one of said bus systems and/or a successful reception of data from a functional module of one of said bus systems; and wherein said gateway also comprises blocking instruments which block the receiving channel of a particular one of said two bus systems if a transmission to a functional module of the particular one of said two bus systems was not successful and/or block the transmitting channel of the particular one of said two bus systems if the reception from a functional module of the particular one of said two bus systems was not successful.