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Data communication system and apparatus

US6731610B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1998
Grant dateMay 4, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/212
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data communication system includes a plurality of terminal apparatuses #1-#n for periodically transmitting data and retrieving desired data accommodated in at least one time slot in received multiplex data, and a data storage and distribution apparatus for subjecting received data from the plurality of terminal apparatuses to time division multiplexing so as to produce time slots each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, reproducing resultant multiplex data, and distributing the multiplex data to the plurality of terminal apparatuses.

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