Radio network communication system and protocol
First Claim
1. A communications protocol for use in a network of devices, the protocol having a frame including a first time slot for transmitting data, a second time slot, after the first time slot, for transmitting a first acknowledgement state, and a third time slot, after the second time slot, for transmitting a second acknowledgement state.
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Abstract
A communications system and protocol for a radio communications network including a number of transceiver devices. The protocol ensures that network variables to be shared by all devices are correctly received and updated by all devices. The protocol also provides for accurately detecting the transition from one time slot to another, in a given data transaction.
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30 Claims
- 1. A communications protocol for use in a network of devices, the protocol having a frame including a first time slot for transmitting data, a second time slot, after the first time slot, for transmitting a first acknowledgement state, and a third time slot, after the second time slot, for transmitting a second acknowledgement state.
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5. A radio communication system including a transceiver/transmitter and at least two transceiver/receivers, wherein the transceiver/transmitter transmits data in a first time slot to the transceiver/receivers and wherein upon receipt of the data, each of the transceiver/receivers return either a first acknowledgement state in a second time slot, after the first time slot, or a second acknowledgement state in a third time slot after the second time slot.
- 11. A transceiver/receiver for use in a radio communication system including at least one transceiver/transmitter and at least one other transceiver/receiver, in use, the transceiver/receiver upon receiving a data packet in a first time slot from the transceiver/transmitter either transmits a first acknowledgement state in a second time slot, after the first time slot, or transmits a second acknowledgement state in a third time slot, after the second time slot.
- 17. A transceiver/transmitter for use in a communication system including at least one other transceiver/receiver, wherein in use, the transceiver/receiver transmits a data packet in a first time slot to the at least one transceiver/receiver and receives either a first acknowledge state in a second time slot after the first time slot from one or more of the transceiver/receivers or receives a second acknowledgement state in a third time slot after the second time slot from at least one of the transceiver/receivers.
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21. In a wireless network including a transceiver/transmitter and at least two transceivers/receivers, a method of disseminating data to be shared by the at least two transceiver/receivers, the method including:
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Transmitting from the transceiver/transmitter, the data to the at least two transceiver/receivers;
Upon unsuccessfully receiving the data at at least one of the at least two transceiver/receivers, transmitting negative acknowledge data to indicate unsuccessful receipt of the data;
Retransmitting the data from the transceiver/transmitter; and
Replacing the data received by the plurality of transceiver/receivers with the retransmitted data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of providing a marker in a data time frame, the method including:
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encoding data bits at a particular point in a data sequence to provide states;
generating a state combination that is an illegal combination;
recognising that illegal combination as a marker. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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Specification