Method for transmitting ethernet frames
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsReinhold Kroeger, Marcus Thoss
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Abstract
A network system and method thereof is provided in which messages conforming to different protocols can be transmitted via an Ethernet enabled system. Appropriate sequences of data packets conforming to a protocol other than Ethernet are provided in Ethernet frames and the appropriate information necessary for proper packet handling is extracted form the Ethernet frame header.
Claims9
A method for transmitting Ethernet frames through sequences of data packets of a transmission protocol, with the information relevant for the transmission protocol being extracted from a header of the Ethernet frame, the method comprising:
- administering by a central entity (CAN Object Identifier Server) a freely definable number of usable CAN (Controller Area Network) object identifiers;
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- upon request by a communication node ready for sending Ethernet frames to a receiving communication node, assigning by the central entity (CAN Object Identifier Server) to the communication node and the receiving communication node a pair out of said CAN (Controller Are Network) object identifiers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.