Methods, devices and systems for sharing a transmission medium, and a transmission method, communication devices and communication systems implementing these
US6229799A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/403
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The device according to the invention shares a transmission medium between communication devices by allocation of authorizations to send on the medium, to each communication device. It has: PA1 a memory (65) for storing a table (64) representing communication devices (7) sharing the medium, each assigned a priority level (435, 438, 441, 444) for access to the medium; PA1 a device (94, 460, 462, 529, 543, 544, 545, 559A) for updating the access priority levels according to an estimated requirement for transmission on the medium by the communication devices under consideration.
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