High speed polling protocol for multiple node network with sequential flooding of a polling message and a poll-answering message
US5457689A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5491
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is a multiple interconnected network of intelligent message-repeating remote nodes which employs a remote node polling process performed by a master node by transmitting a polling message generically addressed to all remote nodes associated with the master node. Each remote node responds upon receipt of the generically addressed polling message by sequentially flooding the network with a poll-answering informational message and with the polling message.
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