Method for determining the position of a network subscriber in a network

US5826037A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Becker GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Stiegler · Ettlingen, DE
• Patrick Heck · Durmersheim, DE
• Herbert Hetzel · Schweigen-Rechtenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 1996
• Grant date: Oct 20, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L12/43
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining the position of a network subscriber is used in a network having a ring structure with a plurality of network subscribers being connected to one another, including one network subscriber being used as a master. At the onset of network operation, the master generates a number that represents a subscriber's positional designation and stores it internally in memory. Beginning with the master, each network subscriber causes the network subscriber immediately following it in the ring structure to store a number in memory that likewise each represents its positional designation and that is raised by a number over its predecessor's own positional designation. This continues until an individual positional designation has been assigned to each network subscriber. The method may be used for individual and targeted communication with physically identical network subscribers, such as speaker boxes, as well as in stationary or mobile communications systems.