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Network and intelligent cell for providing sensing bidirectional communications and control

US4939728A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1988
Grant dateJul 3, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cell for a network which provides for sensing of conditions, communicating messages and controlling objects through messages encoded into segments of six bit codes each containing 3 binary ones and 3 binary zeros. The messages begin with one predetermined code which provides bit synchronization followed by a second predetermined code which provides byte synchronization.

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