摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a monitoring unit (10) for supervising a communication system, wherein the communication system comprises at least one bus (18a, 18b, 18c) for connecting the monitoring unit (10) and several monitored units (12, 14, 16), each monitored unit (12, 14, 16) being connected to the at least one bus (18a, 18b, 18c) for transmitting data over the connected buses (18a, 18b, 18c), the monitoring unit (10) being connected to the busses (18a, 18b, 18c) for monitoring the data traffic from or to the monitored units (12, 14, 16) over the busses (18a, 18b, 18c), analyzing the monitored data traffic for detecting data transfer failures, thereby discriminating between a failure of a bus (18a, 18b, 18c, 20a, 20b, 20c, 22a, 22b, 22c, 24a, 24b, 24c) and a monitored unit (12, 14, 16).</p> |