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Authors
Nenninger, Philipp; Walter, Andreas; Kiencke, Uwe

Identifier
10.3182/20070820-3-US-2918.00073

Index Terms
communication media,bus systems,safety relevant systems

Abstract
As a possible alternative to TDMA-based automotive communication systems, a network based approach was presented in (Nenninger et al. 2006). Because of the complex topology dependent properties of the approach, an analytical investigation is only feasible for a limited set of parameters and topologies. Therefore a model of the network based approach, as well as a FlexRay model was implemented. Using these models, the two approaches are compared under different aspects. It is shown that the network based approach gives good results even for asymmetrical topologies and high network load.

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