Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1981-09-03
1984-03-27
Groody, James J.
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
370 85, H04Q 900, H04J 602
Patent
active
044397631
ABSTRACT:
With the advent of digital communications, it is common to transfer packets of information among a plurality of stations, e.g., digital computers. In order to control the transfer of the packets, various protocols have been introduced. However, the efficiency related to known multiples access digital communications system protocols tends to decrease as the digital signal rate increases. To overcome such problems, the instant communications system and protocol contemplate a communications loop having first and second oppositely directed signal paths. At least two stations are coupled to both the first and the second signal paths. A station includes an arrangement for writing a first signal on the first path and an arrangement for reading a second signal from the second path. In addition, the station includes an arrangement for reading a third signal from the first path. The third signal is coupled from the first path to the station by an arrangement which electrically precedes the arrangement for writing the first signal on the first path. If the station has a packet to transmit, it can overwrite a busy control field of the third signal packet on the first path. Having read the third signal on the first path, a logical interpretation may be made within the station as to whether the first path is busy or not busy. If the first path is not busy, the packet may be written on the first path by overwriting the third signal thereon. If the first path is busy, the station may overwrite a request control field of the third signal for indicating that the station was unable to transmit the packet. The packets flow around the loop and are monitored on the second path. Eventually all packets will be transmitted and the request control field may be detected at the receive side of a head station for indicating the event that all packets have been transmitted, in which event a new cycle may be started by initializing each station on the loop and by permitting each station to transmit.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorporated
Groody James J.
Roddy Richard J.
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