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System and method for packet transmission in a communications network

US10735219B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Beckhoff Automation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Bunte · Gütersloh, DE
Holger Büttner · Verl, DE
Erik Vonnahme · Salzkotten, DE
Dirk Janssen · Verl, DE
Thomas Rettig · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE
Hans Beckhoff · Verl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2018
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/4026
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications network comprises a plurality of participants. A first participant transmits a message repeating sequence of N≥2 successive messages to a second participant. An action which can be performed by the second participant is assigned to each message in the sequence. The first participant begins to transmit one of the N messages at N successive transmission times T_I (I=O, . . . , N−1). Each of the N messages contains a field defining a waiting time.The second participant selects one message from among the messages in the sequence which are successfully received by the second participant as a useful message, measures a time elapsed since reception of the useful message, and performs the action assigned to the useful message when the elapsed time has reached the assigned waiting time.

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