Communication system with a request by a single node made over one of two separate timeslots
US7664508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system is provided for communication between network nodes and a communication controller. In the network, a request signal is transmitted from a node to the communication controller in one of two separate timeslots to enable transmission of a signal from the individual node. A first one of the reservation timeslots provides for random access requests that can be made by multiple ones of the nodes. A second one of the timeslots is assigned exclusively to the one node. The first random access request timeslot can be used to carry requests for assignment of an exclusive node, while the second exclusively assigned reservation request timeslot can be provided to carry requests to transmit packets containing alphanumeric data.
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