Apparatus for vehicle internetworks
AssigneeBorgia/Cummins, LLC
InventorsDavid C. Gelvin, Lewis D. Girod, William J. Kaiser, Fredric Newberg, Gregory J. Pottie
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Abstract
Vehicle internetworks provide for communications among diverse electronic devices within a vehicle, and for communications among these devices and networks external to the vehicle. The vehicle internetwork comprises specific devices, software, and protocols, and provides for security for essential vehicle functions and data communications, ease of integration of new devices and services to the vehicle internetwork, and ease of addition of services linking the vehicle to external networks such as the Internet.
Claims75
A mobile internetwork comprising a plurality of network elements including at least one gateway node and at least one local area network coupled among at least one peripheral electronic device, wherein functions of the plurality of network elements are remotely controllable, wherein the at least one gateway node manipulates node information including configuration and security information to provide secure interoperability among the plurality of network elements and the at least one peripheral electronic device, wherein the gateway node comprises at least one interface port, at least one real-time interface processor (RTIP), and at least one application processor, wherein the at least one RTIP performs real-time operations and the at least one application processor performs high level processing functions, wherein the gateway node provides at least one of data processing, data storage, access control, protocol translation, security including service discovery and device authentication, and network control, wherein the gateway node controls remote access to the mobile internetwork in response to intermittent external communications.
A network comprising a plurality of network elements including:
- a gateway node;
- a local area network coupled to the gateway node;
- at least one peripheral electronic device coupled for communication with the gateway node using the local area network;
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- wherein:
- the gateway node comprises at least one interface port, at least one real-time interface processor (RTIP), and at least one application processor;
- the at least one RTIP performs real-time operations;
- the at least one application processor performs high level processing functions;
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- the at least one RTIP is coupled between the at least one interface port and the at least one application processor.
A method node configured to couple to a plurality of network elements, wherein the plurality of network elements includes a local area network and at least one peripheral electronic device coupled to the local area network, the gateway node comprising:
- at least one interface port to receive data packets;
- at least one real-time processor operable to configured to perform real-time operations on the data packets;
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- at least one application processor configured to perform high level processing functions, wherein the at least one real-time interface processor is coupled between the at least one interface port and the at least one application processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.