Method for controlling a communications channel shared by several stations
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a channel shared by several transmitting/receiving stations, comprising at least one phase of use of the channel by a station participating in a communication, in the course of which said station transmits traffic information on the channel, followed immediately by a phase of retention of the channel by said station, in the course of which said station transmits signaling information authorizing each other station participating in the communication to transmit in turn traffic information on the channel, the phase of retention of the channel by said station continuing, so long as the communication is in progress, until another phase of use of the channel by a station participating in the communication.
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Abstract
A communication system able to provide multiple path communication between a plurality of stations operating on a single channel. The stations are synchronized and a cyclically repeating series of time slots is defined. One time slot in each cycle is reserved for the transmission of synchronization information by a station designated the master station for reception by the other stations, designated slave stations, and maintaining synchronization therein. Another time slot is reserved for any slave station to transmit a message that it requires to communicate to another station, such indication preferably being by transmitting its own pre-assigned address code. The remaining time slots are used for transmitting address information and data. The slave stations operate in a low power condition except during one of the other time slots when they may receive their own address, or except when they need to transmit data.
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- 1. A method for controlling a channel shared by several transmitting/receiving stations, comprising at least one phase of use of the channel by a station participating in a communication, in the course of which said station transmits traffic information on the channel, followed immediately by a phase of retention of the channel by said station, in the course of which said station transmits signaling information authorizing each other station participating in the communication to transmit in turn traffic information on the channel, the phase of retention of the channel by said station continuing, so long as the communication is in progress, until another phase of use of the channel by a station participating in the communication.
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8. A station for transmitting/receiving on a shared channel, comprising:
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means of use of the channel in master mode in the course of a communication, which are designed to transmit traffic information on the channel;
means of retention of the channel in master mode in the course of a communication, which are designed to alternately transmit signaling information on the channel and to listen to the channel, said signaling information authorizing each other station participating in the communication to transmit in turn traffic information on the channel;
means of reception in slave mode for receiving traffic and signaling information transmitted in master mode by another station participating in the communication; and
means of control for activating the means of use of the channel in master mode in response to a request for use when signaling information authorizing the transmission of traffic information has been received by the means of reception in slave mode, so as to activate the means of retention of the channel in master mode in response to a deactivation of the means of use of the channel in master mode, and to activate the means of reception in slave mode in response to the reception of signals originating from another station participating in the communication by the means of retention of the channel in master mode listening to the channel. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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