Method and device for synchronizing the global time of a plurality of buses and a corresponding bus system

A device for synchronizing at least two buses linked together by at least one bus user, comprising:

• a first arrangement for:
• determining a global time in each of the at least two buses,
• determining deviations in the global times of the at least two buses from the global times, and
• transmitting the deviations to the at least one bus user;
• and
• a second arrangement for adjusting the global times to one another as a function of the deviations in the global times, so that the at least two buses are synchronized with respect to the global times.

A bus system, comprising:

• at least two data buses, a first data bus of the at least two data buses having a first number of users and a second data bus of the at least two data buses having a second number of users, wherein:
• the at least two data buses include at least two buses,
• at least one user of one of the first number of users and the second number of users corresponding to at least one connection user, such that two of the at least two buses are simultaneously connected to the at least one connection user, and the at least one connection user performing a time-master function for each bus being included, and
• if the bus system includes more than two buses, the buses are connected in such a manner that, in each instance, at least two of the buses have
• at least one common connection user;
• and
• a synchronization arrangement for determining a global time in each bus and transmitting deviations in individual global times to those of the first number of users and the second number of users having the time-master function for adjusting a specific, global time.