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Communication system

US11050648B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2019
Grant dateJun 29, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system including two communication nodes communicably connected in a full duplex communication mode via the same communication line is provided. Each of the two communication nodes includes a first processing unit configured to be able to send a predetermined monitoring frame to another communication node at predetermined intervals and to receive the predetermined monitoring frame from the other communication node at predetermined intervals; a second processing unit configured to detect a monitoring frame missing condition wherein the monitoring frame is received from the other communication node; and a third processing unit configured to switch communication with the other communication node from the full duplex communication mode to a half duplex communication mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied during communication in the full duplex communication mode wherein the predetermined condition includes a condition that the second processing unit detects the monitoring frame missing condition.

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