Vehicle control system and method for controlling a vehicle

A method for controlling brakes, steering, engine and gear box of a vehicle using activation signals, comprising the steps of:

• inputting one of continuous stipulations of a driver and discrete stipulations of a driving system and converting one of said continuous and discrete stipulations into setpoint value signals;
• correction of at least one of the setpoint value signals with reference to one of a prediction of driving states and correction of the setpoint value signals with reference to current driving states;
• conversion of said setpoint value signals into actuation signals to provide a defined interface with which levels, in which said one of said continuous and discrete stipulations are processed, are decoupled from levels in which processed stipulations are executed;
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• execution of the actuation signals by actuators, wherein the actuation signals are transmitted to the actuators and actual value signals and diagnostic signals are transmitted by the actuators via a databus in a fault-tolerant and redundant fashion, the conversion of the stipulations into setpoint value signals, the correction of the setpoint value signals and the conversion of the setpoint value signals into actuation signals taking place in a redundant fashion and setpoint value signals and the conversion of the setpoint value signals into actuation signals taking place in a redundant fashion and setpoint value signals, actual value signals and diagnostic signals being transmitted on common data lines in a fault-tolerant, redundant and bidirectional fashion.