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Method for providing a table of station-specific information in a network of distributed stations, and network station for carrying out the method

US8233407B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Frank Glaeser · Hannover, DE
Ralf Koehler · Hannover, DE
Jens Brocke · Laatzen, DE
Kurt Knuth · Mount Prospect, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2005
Grant date	Jul 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/622
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

After every bus reset operation in an IEEE 1394 network, the network is reconfigured. This involves a table with further station-specific information being created after the bus initialization phase, the tree structure identification phase and the self identification phase. Each network station returns its station-specific information to the requesting network station. In the first phase, all that information which has been received up to a time determined by a first abort criterion is sorted into the table. Next, the still incomplete table is enabled for use by an application program in the requesting network station. In the second phase, the still missing station-specific information is then requested again and is sorted into the table when it is delivered by the stations to which requests have been sent. After a time determined by a second abort criterion, the further request for the still missing station-specific information is terminated and the table is closed in this state and is provided for use by the application software.

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