Patent ID: 9088454
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60L,B60R,G06F,G07C,G08G,H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle network node module comprises: at least one device ingress buffer operable to store an incoming device packet from one of a plurality of vehicle devices in a vehicle in accordance with a prioritization scheme; a network buffer operable to store the incoming device packet from one of the plurality of vehicle devices in the vehicle as an outgoing network packet and output the outgoing network packet to a vehicle network fabric in the vehicle in accordance with the prioritization scheme; a switching circuit in the vehicle operable to selectively couple the network buffer to the least one device ingress buffer in accordance with the prioritization scheme; and a processing module operable to: determine a source of the incoming device packet as one of the plurality of vehicle devices in the vehicle; determine the prioritization scheme based on the source of the incoming device packet; and categorize the incoming device packet as having a high priority based on the source of the incoming device packet as a vehicle safety device in the vehicle.