Patent · US Active

Shared use of time slots

US8964776B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

11References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Frank Hakemeyer · Schlangen, DE
Vladimir Fröse · Bad Oeynhausen, DE
Maik Stemme · Auetal, DE
Stefan Witte · Minden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2010
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W74/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a network comprising at least one first client and at least two second clients connected to the first client by a message transmission device, wherein the network is configured such that there is communication between the first client and the second clients in a communication time slot and data can be transmitted between the first client and the second clients in the communication time slot, said communication time slot having at least one first message time slot and one second message time slot, wherein the first message time slot can be used by a selected second client to transmit a message to the first client and the second message time slot can be used by a plurality of second clients to transmit a message to the first client.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.