US 12,335,103 B2
Method of autoconfiguration of communication network
Raik Frost, Erfurt (DE); Thomas Freitag, Erfurt (DE); Michael Frey, Erfurt (DE); and Heiko Leutert, Erfurt (DE)
Assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES NV, Tessenderlo (BE)
Filed by Melexis Technologies NV, Tessenderlo (BE)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/355,815.
Claims priority of application No. 22186732 (EP), filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031239 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of autoconfiguration of a plurality of nodes connected via a bus to form a linear network, each node being identified by an identifier that is unique for each node connected to the linear network in the plurality of nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
choosing a node in the linear network and extracting its identifier;
at least for a first node to the last but one node, transmitting a current in the linear network from the chosen node, and reading the direction of the current flowing through the bus through at least the nodes not chosen in any previous iteration;
subsequently linking the extracted identifier with the direction of the current for said not chosen nodes, and obtaining the position of said not chosen nodes relative to the chosen node;
repeating the three previous steps in an iteration cycle that comprises at least one iteration by choosing a different node not chosen before;
finishing the autoconfiguration when the identifier of each node is extracted and determining the physical position of each node in the linear network.