Patent ID: 7411913
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A process for automatically detecting the throughput of a network and for configuring with the detected throughput via a device connected to the network, the network transmitting a signal on which messages are carried that include bits of length L BIT and of a dominant or recessive type, wherein in the process comprises the following successive steps: a) the device goes into a listen mode, in which it is able to receive messages coming from the network but is unable to send messages on the network; b) the device obtains a triplet of successive transitions in the signal transmitted on the network, said triplet delimiting a first and second signal level, one dominant and the other recessive; c) the device measures the duration, expressed as multiples of device clock period T d) as a function of the measured lengths of the signal levels, the device obtains a new throughput configuration by determining values for parameters that define the bit length L e) the device validates the new throughput configuration; and g) if the device detects that at least one throughput adaptation condition is verified, it goes into a normal mode, otherwise it obtains a next transition of the signal, which delimits with the last previous transition a new level of the signal, it measures the duration of the new level, expressed as multiples of device clock period T