Methods and arrangements in a telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A digital communication system comprising nodes, the nodes including a central node and at least two peripheral nodes, the central node comprising all means for the communication in the system and a memory for storing information related to the system itself and/or the individual nodes, the nodes each comprising a transmitter and a receiver, and information only being directly transferred between the central node and each of the peripheral nodes, characterized by control means in the central node for transferring information stored in the memory means related to the system and/or the individual nodes to every peripheral node.
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Abstract
The invention is related to a digital, wired or wireless, communication system constituting a network of multiple nodes. The network comprises a central node. The central node controls all the communication in the network. In such a system, information related to the system itself or to the nodes in the system can be distributed by the central node among the peripheral nodes in the network or kept in a database in the central node, which database is accessible on request from the peripheral nodes in the network. The information can be conveyed to the central node from the peripheral nodes, either commanded by the central node itself or on request from a peripheral node, triggered by an internal event in the peripheral node, e.g. a change of state having external consequences.
The invention provides a mechanism for efficient distribution of relevant information in such a system.
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- 1. A digital communication system comprising nodes, the nodes including a central node and at least two peripheral nodes, the central node comprising all means for the communication in the system and a memory for storing information related to the system itself and/or the individual nodes, the nodes each comprising a transmitter and a receiver, and information only being directly transferred between the central node and each of the peripheral nodes, characterized by control means in the central node for transferring information stored in the memory means related to the system and/or the individual nodes to every peripheral node.
- 9. A method in a digital communication system comprising nodes, the nodes including a central node and at least two peripheral nodes, information only being directly transferred between the central node and each of the peripheral nodes, the central node controlling all the communication in the system, and information related to the system itself and/or the individual nodes being stored in the central node, characterized in that information related to the system and/or the nodes is transferred to every peripheral node.
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