US Patent 11442736 Determination of data bus subscribers of a local bus

A method is described for identifying communication-ready data bus subscribers connected to a local bus. The method comprises receiving, at a local bus master, at least one data packet transmitted via the local bus, wherein the at least one data packet received at the local bus master comprises an address of a communication-ready data bus subscriber among a plurality of communication-ready data bus subscribers in the local bus, wherein the communication-ready data bus subscriber is in a sequence of communication-ready data bus subscribers, and mapping of the received address by the local bus master to a relative position of the communication-ready data bus subscriber in the sequence of communication-ready data bus subscribers in the local bus. In addition, a local bus master of the local bus is described.