In the method for kick-down switching speed optimization in a motor vehicle with an automatic transmission, the kick-down upshift point is determined as a function of the load conditions and the road inclination in each case. The method comprises accessing a transmitted a data signal at a receiver in the network, locking the receiver on a data signal transmission frequency, then locking the receiver on a data signal transition phase in the transmitted data signal and adjusting the signal transition phase locking by reference to the transition density of the transmitted data signal. The intelligent station includes a first RF antenna connected to the reader unit by a first transmission cable through a first switch, and one or more additional RF antennae connected to the reader unit by the same first transmission cable through additional switches. If the detection of the SAM pattern is characterized as a good SAM detection, one or more channel control values associated with the first servo wedge are used as starting values when beginning to read a next servo wedge.