Arbitration method and bus for serial data transmission
US5398243A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/376
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Arbitration between collisions is performed by means of a special arbitration path ARB conveying access requests expressed in the form of arbitration frames ARB %. An arbitration frame includes a priority field defining different classes of traffic, and a numerical field identifying each station, together with bits that relax priority constraints. The application of arbitration frames is subordinate to recognizing that a delimiter channel of the data path DATA is in an active state. The invention is applicable to industrial networks or buses.
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