Patent ID: 7022043

Claim:
A method for controlling the operation of an automatic transmission stage and of a clutch coacting with said automatic transmission stage, the method comprising the steps of: assigning a variator controller to said automatic transmission stage and a contact-force control to said clutch; determining a torque force reserve for said clutch and for said automatic transmission stage in dependence upon recognized and classifiable driving situations; supplying said torque force reserve for said clutch to an input quantity (M E ) of said contact-force control; supplying said torque force reserve for said automatic transmission stage to said input quantity (M E ) of said variator controller; forming respective output signals of the contact-force control and the variator controller; wherein the output signals of the contact-force control represent contact forces (Fk) which act on parts of said clutch; and, wherein output signals of the variator controller represent contact forces (F S , F P ) which act on transmitting elements of said automatic transmission stage.