Method for hindering some types of nodes from becoming a bus arbitration controller
US6145018A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/36
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for hindering a first type of node from becoming an arbitration controller during a tree identification process is described. The method includes sending a first request from a first node to a second node. The response to the first request is delayed by establishing a parent-child relationship between a third node and the second node, the second and third nodes being the first type of node. A response is then sent, establishing the second node as the child of the first node. Afterward, the first node is designated as the bus arbitration controller.
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