Patent ID: 7590127

Claim:
Method for data transfer in a multiple-standard network, comprising: at least one physical gateway, at least one sophisticated gateway, and at least one device, wherein said physical gateway, said sophisticated gateway, and said device are nodes of said multiple-standard network, a first connection between said device and said physical gateway, wherein said first connection operates according to a first non-IP physical data transfer standard, a second connection between said physical gateway and said sophisticated gateway, wherein said second connection operates according to a second non-IP physical data transfer standard, which second non-IP physical data transfer standard is different from said first non-IP physical data transfer standard, a communication layer that is used by said device, which communication layer receives and/or sends out communication data that comply with a communication layer data format, wherein said sophisticated gateway comprises a first bus service of said first non-IP physical data transfer standard, which first bus service adapts transmission data complying with said first non-IP physical data transfer standard to said communication layer data format or vice versa, said method comprising the following steps, in case of transmitting transmission data from said sophisticated gateway to said device: receiving communication data from said communication layer, using said first bus service for converting the received communication data into said transmission data complying with said first non-IP physical data transfer standard, transmitting said transmission data or a derivative thereof from said sophisticated gateway to said physical gateway, using said second connection, transmitting said transmission data from said physical gateway to said device using said first connection, and receiving said transmission data at said device.