Non-destructive media access resolution for asynchronous traffic in a half-duplex braided-ring
US7889683B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/437
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A half-duplex communication network comprises a plurality of communication links, each link being configured a priori to communicate in one direction; and a plurality of nodes, each node coupled to a first and second direct neighbor nodes and a first and second skip neighbor nodes via the plurality of communication links. Each node comprises propagation logic adapted to arbitrate conflicts between concurrent messages based on at least one of higher level policies and a comparison between a priority of each message, wherein each node is adapted to communicate a message without waiting to determine if another node is transmitting another message with a higher priority.
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