Electronic device and communications method thereof

• US 10,200,210 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Min Ki
• Primary Examiner(s): Corrielus, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US15/649,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20180054323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/542 the information being in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/403 with centralised control, e.g. polling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex

Abstract

A communication method for electronic devices includes: determining whether a transmission line is occupied or unoccupied; based on a determination that the transmission line is unoccupied: transmitting transmission data via the transmission line; receiving return data that returns via the transmission line after the transmission data has been transmitted; and determining whether data collision exists on the transmission line by comparing the transmission data with the return data, and based on a determination that the transmission line is occupied: waiting for a predetermined first time interval to elapse; and after the predetermined first time interval has elapsed, returning to the determining whether the transmission line is occupied or unoccupied.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit configured to conduct data communication via a transmission line by transmitting or receiving data to and from another electronic device; and

a control unit configured to control the communication unit by;

determining whether the transmission line is occupied or unoccupied;

based on the determination that the transmission line is unoccupied;

transmitting, by the communication unit, transmission data via the transmission line;

receiving, by the communication unit, return data that returns via the transmission line after the transmission data has been transmitted; and

determining whether data collision exists on the transmission line by comparing the transmission data with the return data.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit comprises:

a transmission enable port and a reception enable port connected to the control unit; and

a first transmission/receiving port and a second transmission/receiving port connected to the transmission line.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to control the communication unit by:

providing a transmission enable signal to the transmission enable port and providing a reception enable signal to the reception enable port of the communication unit at the same time.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the electronic device comprises an inverting element;

the communication unit comprises;

a transmission/reception enable port connected to the control unit; and

a first transmission/receiving port and a second transmission/receiving port connected to the transmission line; and

the inverting element is connected to a transmission enable line or a reception enable line.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit comprises:

a transmission enable port and a reception enable port connected to the control unit; and

a first receiving port, a second receiving port, a first transmitting port, and a second transmitting port connected to the transmission line,

wherein the first receiving port and the first transmitting port are connected to each other, and the second receiving port and the second transmitting port are connected to each other.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit checks again whether the transmission line is occupied after a predetermined first time interval has elapsed based on a determination that the transmission line is occupied.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines that no data collision exists on the transmission line based on the transmission data being identical to the return data, and determines that data collision exists on the transmission line otherwise.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the communication unit by:

based on a determination that data collision exists on the transmission line, waiting for a predetermined time interval to elapse; and

after the predetermined time interval has elapsed, returning to determining whether the transmission line is occupied or unoccupied.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the control unit is configured to control the communication unit by:

based on the determination that data collision exists on the transmission line, increasing the predetermined time interval.