Patent Document ID: 7949811
Application ID: 10471909
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for producing a time schedule for a transmission of messages, on a timed bus system, comprising: producing the time schedule by using a genetic algorithm; providing the messages, which include both spontaneous and periodic messages, with an identifier; and representing the messages, with the corresponding identifier, in a sequence as the time schedule, wherein a plurality of sequences of the identifiers of the messages are provided as potential solutions for a search problem of the genetic algorithm, and wherein the genetic algorithm selects as the time schedule a sequence which optimizes a transmission characteristic of the messages relative to the other sequences in the plurality of sequences, and wherein the transmission characteristic includes at least message latency; wherein the selecting of a sequence which optimizes a transmission characteristic of the messages relative to the other sequences includes: determining at least one sequence of the messages as at least one possible time schedule; and evaluating the at least one possible time schedule by comparing a sum of latency times of the at least one time schedule with one of a predefined value and a sum of latency times of at least one further time schedule.