Patent · US Expired

Interface link layer device for long delay connections

US7454513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sony Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerd Spalink · Stuttgart, DE
Gralf Gaedeken · Burgwedel, DE
Peter Buchner · Kirchheim unter Teck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2001
Grant date	Nov 18, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/64
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interface link layer device for use in a network having a first sub-network having one or more nodes, a second sub-network having one or more nodes and a long delay link via which the first and second sub-networks are connected. The interface link layer device configured to simulate time critical self-ID packets to be effected on the first sub-network based on received information about one or more nodes local to the second sub-network.

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