System for determining the frequency of repetitions of polling a

Details System for determining the frequency of repetitions of polling a System for determining the frequency of repetitions of polling a

1995-05-02

1999-12-21

Meky, Moustafa M.

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

370449, G06F 1300

Patent

active

060060174

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method to implement a hybrid contention and polling protocol for a communications or computer network is disclosed. Various apparatus and method embodiments of the invention employ specific polls from a primary station for polling identified secondary stations of the network which may be in an active state, general polls to any of a plurality of secondary stations of the network which may be in an unresponsive state to initiate contention access to the network, and general polls for collision resolution in the event that a plurality of secondary stations may simultaneously contend for network access. Various embodiments may also include frequency channel allocation for transmission and reception of data and other information within the network. The various procedures and apparatus disclosed may also be used to apply various polling parameters to optimize network performance.

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