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Adaptive bandwidth balancing for distributed queue dual bus networks

  • US 5,128,937 A
  • Filed: 04/17/1991
  • Issued: 07/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dual bus distributed queue network comprisinga pair of oppositely transmitting channels,a plurality of stations connected to both of said channels for transmission of data segments in recurring time slots thereon,a bandwidth balancing arrangement in each station for enforcing the sharing of the transmission bandwidth between that station and other stations of said plurality, andmeans at each station for selectively enabling and disabling said bandwidth balancing arrangement at said each station, said means including means for detecting the lack of requests arriving at said each station from one of said transmission channels and for detecting the arrival of empty time slots from the other of said transmission channels.

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