Patent ID: 8938471
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an independent setup of an array of at least three technical units, which are connected to one another via a system communication bus, the method comprising: transmitting a query for a system resource from a first technical unit to at least two other technical units of the array, wherein each of the at least three technical units is configured to selectively perform a system function, the system function being performed by one of the at least three technical units only if the one of the at least three technical units is assigned the system resource; checking by the first technical unit, with each of the at least two other technical units, whether the system resource has already been assigned to one of the at least two other technical units; transmitting, from each of the at least two other technical units, a corresponding response to the first technical unit; and assigning the system resource to the first technical unit if the system resource is not already assigned to the one of the at least two other technical units.