Synchronous network
US5161153A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 1990 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J3/0682
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A broadcast facility is provided in a synchronous network comprising a number of nodes (b 20l ) coupled via a star coupler (b 21l ). Data is transmitted via the network in a sequence of frames. Each node with a public write to send transmits it to all system nodes (including itself) in the next available frame. Each node has its own identifying characteristic, e.g. a unique assigned frequency. These identifying characteristics determine the notional order in which data packets within a frame are received thus providing each frame with a timestamp.
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