Central communication unit of a motor vehicle

A method for controlling communication between a plurality of software applications and at least one transmitting/receiving device located outside of a motor vehicle, the software applications being executed on devices of the motor vehicle, which devices are connected, via a data network, to a central communication unit of the motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• establishing wireless data links used by the plurality of software applications to communicate with the transmitting/receiving device;
• and
• distributing, by a communication organization module and in accordance with predetermined criteria, available external connection capacities of the wireless data links among the plurality of software applications,
• wherein the distribution is based on whether the software applications are respectively determined to be dynamic applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include different values for maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data, or static applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include a single value for both maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data.

A motor vehicle, comprising:

• a central communication unit;
• a plurality of devices, each device executing at least one software application;
• a data network connecting the devices and the central communication unit,
• wherein the central communication unit comprises:
• a plurality of connection modules that establish wireless data links between the motor vehicle and at least one transmitting/receiving device located outside the motor vehicle;
• a connection module manager that controls the connection modules to establish the wireless data links;
• a communication organization module that, in accordance with predetermined criteria, distributes available external connection capacities of the wireless data links among the software applications,
• wherein the distribution is based on whether the software applications are respectively determined to be dynamic applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include different values for maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data, or static applications, for which requests for wireless data links by the software application include a single value for both maximum and minimum data rates at which the software application transmits data.