Patent ID: 8249095

Claim:
A method for transmission of data between at least two transmitters and at least one receiver, wherein the transmitters and the at least one receiver are connected to a bus, comprising at least the following steps: a) applying a synchronization signal to the bus thereby setting at least a number of data volume counters corresponding to the number of transmitters reduced by one to a predefined initial value; b) for a first transmitter, carrying out the following steps: b1) transmitting data from the transmitter to at least the one receiver over the bus; b2) determining transmitted data volume of said data; b3) comparing the transmitted data volume with a predefined data volume allocated to the transmitter; and b4) repeating steps b1)-b4) if the determined transmission data volume is less than the predefined data volume allocated to the transmitter; and c) for each additional transmitter, carrying out the following steps: c1) receiving said data from the bus; c2) adjusting a counter reading of one of said data volume counters allocated to the respective transmitter according to the received data volume; c3) comparing the counter reading with a predefined data volume value allocated to the respective transmitter; c4) repeating steps c1)-c4) in the event the counter reading has not yet reached the predefined data volume allocated to the respective transmitter value; and c5) carrying out the steps b1)-b4) for the respective transmitter, wherein the data volume value of the other transmitter is selected or the data volume values of the other transmitters are selected so that at any given time only one transmitter transmits on the bus.