Vehicle network and communication method in a vehicle network

摘要

A vehicle communication network ( 200 ) includes a plurality of network elements ( 208-212 ) and a plurality of communication links ( 214-230 ) communicatively coupling the network elements in a point-to-point configuration. At least a portion of the plurality of communication links may be specified in accordance with a shared-access bus protocol. The plurality of communication links are arranged to communicate data packets between the network elements.