Communication system
US4882580A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/437
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system comprising a plurality of devices interconnected into a loop and each provided with two pairs of sending and receiving terminals for transmitting signals in directions different from each other. Each of the devices is connected to the other devices immediately adjacent thereto on the loop by a pair of transmission channels connected to the two pairs of sending and receiving terminals and each including a sending line and a receiving line. Each device comprises a first arrival preference circuit which disciminates whether a first or second input terminal receives a signal first. Also, a control circuit causes the terminal which receives the first arrived signal to accept that signal while the other terminal is inhibited from accepting any signals. A predetermined one of the terminals is controlled to accept an input signal when input signals arrive at the two terminals simultaneously. The device is inhibited, by way of a non-sending signal, from transmitting an output signal when one of the two input terminals is accepting a signal.
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