User station for a bus system and method for increasing the transmission capacity in a bus system

A controller area network (CAN) bus system, comprising:

• a bus;
• at least two user stations which are interconnected to each other by the bus in such a manner that they are able to communicate with each other, wherein at least one of the user stations includes a communications control device for generating or reading a first message for/of at least one further user station of the bus system, where exclusive, collision-free access of the at least one of the user stations to a bus of the bus system is ensured at least temporarily, the communications control device being configured to generate or read the first message as a frame, that has a length greater than a maximum length of a second message as a frame communicated in the bus system, and the frame for the first message having data of the first message in unsegmented form;
• and wherein a transmission capacity in the bus system is increased by storing all of the data for a message, which is to be sent onto the bus system, in a buffer of the communications control device, wherein all of the data for the message to be packed into a fourth field of the message are collected in the buffer, wherein the data includes self-contained information items, wherein the first message is an extended Controller Area Network with Flexible Data rate (CAN FD) frame having 4096 bytes, wherein the second message is a standard CAN FD frame, wherein the data for the message includes an entire Unified Diagnostic Services (UIDS) request in a CAN FD message, wherein an evaluation unit determines whether the amount of data in the buffer exceeds a predetermined amount or whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the evaluation unit using a measuring unit after first data of the data are stored in the buffer, the measuring unit including a timer and/or a counter for counting a quantity of the data, wherein if either a predetermined quantity of data is exceeded or a predetermined period of time is elapsed, the evaluation unit outputs a request to a packing unit, and wherein the packing unit packs the data for the message into one field of the message and generates the message having four fields, and a transceiver device transmits the message on the bus and the message is received at a corresponding one further user station, the data being unsegmented.

A method for increasing the transmission capacity in a controller area network (CAN) bus system, the method comprising:

• generating or reading, using a communications control device, a first message for/of at least one further user station of the bus system, where exclusive, collision-free access of a user station to a bus of the bus system is ensured at least temporarily, the communications control device generating or reading the first message as a frame, that has a length greater than a maximum length of a second as a frame communicated in the bus system, and the frame of the first message having data of the first message in unsegmented form;
• wherein a transmission capacity in the bus system is increased by storing all of the data for a message, which is to be sent onto the bus system, in a buffer of the communications control device, wherein all of the data for the message to be packed into a fourth field of the message are collected in the buffer, wherein the data for the message includes self-contained information items, wherein the first message is an extended Controller Area Network with Flexible Data rate (CAN FD) frame having 4096 bytes, wherein the second message is a standard CAN FD frame, wherein the data for the message includes an entire Unified Diagnostic Services (UIDS) request in a CAN FD message, wherein an evaluation unit determines whether an amount of data in the buffer exceeds a predetermined amount or whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the evaluation unit using a measuring unit after first data of the data for the message are stored in the buffer, the measuring unit including a timer and/or a counter for counting a quantity of the data, wherein if either a predetermined quantity of data is exceeded or a predetermined period of time is elapsed, the evaluation unit outputs a request to a packing unit, and wherein the packing unit packs the data for the message into one field of the message and generates the message having four fields, and a transceiver device transmits the message on the bus and the message is received at a corresponding one of the at least one further user stations, the data being unsegmented.