Method and apparatus for controlling latency and jitter in shared CSMA/CD (repeater) environment
US6026095A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/40013
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved computer network and network device uses characteristics of prior art shared network protocols to control the flow of data and access to the network among a group of transmitting nodes. The invention determines which nodes wish to send data when a collision occurs by detecting and recording which nodes participated in a collision. A scheduling routine is designed to give each connected node a chance to send. A transmission control mechanism is used to prevent a subset of transmitters from transmitting while allowing one ES to transmit without experiencing a collision. The invention has a number of applications including within an improved ethernet repeater in a multimedia ethernet.
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