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Communication control system

US8054850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2004
Grant dateNov 8, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/4035
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication control system is provided that satisfies the needs of industrial applications in terms of real time properties, scalability and flexibility. For this purpose, the invention causes a communication station performing communications in accordance with a standard protocol to perform multiplex communications based on time division of a communication band. Communication is performed by dividing a communication cycle into time slots, and assigning a set of communication stations and a type of a communication section to each of the time slots.

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