Patent Document ID: 20100002594
Application ID: 11722350
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A bus guardian for monitoring communication between and among a number of node, in particular between and among a number of electronic control units, the bus guardian being designed for monitoring at least one cyclic time-triggered communication media access schedule for transmitting messages between and among the nodes across at least one communication media, in particular across at least one channel and across at least one optional further channel, and being assigned to at least one communication controllers, the communication controller comprising the communication media access schedule, characterized in that the bus guardian is able to learn, in particular within the first cycle, about said communication media access schedule, and that the bus guardian makes use of the learned knowledge with respect to at least one possible schedule violation, in particular with respect to at least one deviation from said communication media access schedule, for example during start-up of the communication.