Local communication system, method of operation and stations for use therein
US6751682B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/604
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A local communication system comprises a plurality of stations exchanging control messages via a ring network. One of which stations is designated a master station with the other stations designated as slave stations. Each of the slave stations has the capability to implement an autonomous process to find and store for future use its own unique address within a set of allowable addresses. Each slave station is arranged only to begin the autonomous process to seek its own address when individually instructed by a command from the master station to do so.
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