Method and apparatus for communicating between a plurality of subcomponents
First Claim
1. A process for the transmission of information data between a plurality of sub-components, in which each sub-component is associated with at least one logical channel, wherein each logical channel is associated with at least one physical channel, each sub-component addressing said logical channel with which it is associated, wherein different physical channels are time multiplexed on an internal communication bus, wherein at least one sub-component is further coupled with at least one input/output line, wherein said information data generated by a sub-component on said input/output line is re-transmitted on said internal communication bus to other sub-components, and said information data received by said sub-component on said input/output line is re-transmitted on said internal communication bus to said other sub-components.
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Abstract
A processor system and communications processor between a plurality of sub-components is described. To each sub-component of equipment is associated at least one logical channel that is associated with at least one physical channel. Each sub-component addressing only the logical channels that it is associated with, and the various physical channels being time multiplexed on an internal communications bus (BCI). The system has particular application to systems of radio-communication or of embarked navigation.
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1. A process for the transmission of information data between a plurality of sub-components, in which each sub-component is associated with at least one logical channel, wherein each logical channel is associated with at least one physical channel, each sub-component addressing said logical channel with which it is associated, wherein different physical channels are time multiplexed on an internal communication bus, wherein at least one sub-component is further coupled with at least one input/output line, wherein said information data generated by a sub-component on said input/output line is re-transmitted on said internal communication bus to other sub-components, and said information data received by said sub-component on said input/output line is re-transmitted on said internal communication bus to said other sub-components.
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2. A process for the transmission of information data between a plurality of sub-components, in which each sub-component is associated with at least one logical channel, wherein each logical channel is associated with at least one physical channel, each sub-component addressing said logical channel with which it is associated, wherein different physical channels are time multiplexed on an internal communication bus, wherein at least one sub-component is further coupled to at least one input/output line, said input/output lines functioning at a frequency that is a sub-multiple of a basic frequency, the functioning frequency of said internal communication bus being a multiple of said basic frequency.
- 3. A communication system for equipment comprising a plurality of sub-components in which at least one of said plurality of said sub-components includes at least one communication line, said communication line functioning at a frequency that is a sub-multiple of a basic frequency, said basic frequency being the same for each communication line, each sub-component further including at least one communications processor connected with said communication line, said communications processor of each sub-component being further coupled between each other by an internal communication bus on which are multiplexed a plurality of physical channels at a multiple frequency of said basic frequency.
- 6. A communication system for equipment comprising a plurality of sub-components in which at least one of said plurality of said sub-components includes at least one communication line, said communication line functioning at a frequency that is a sub-multiple of a basic frequency, said basic frequency being the same for each communication line, each sub-component further including at least one communications processor connected with said communication line, said communications processor of each sub-component being further coupled between each other by an internal communication bus on which are multiplexed a plurality of physical channels at a multiple frequency of said basic frequency, wherein the internal communication bus is one link to a plurality of cables, a first cable carrying a synchronization signal of said basic frequency, a second cable carrying a clock signal indicating the changes of physical channels, and the other cables carrying information data.
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9. A communications processor between a plurality of sub-components of an equipment comprising:
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a first linkage means coupled to a first sub-component of said equipment and at least one of a number of logical channels, said first linkage means designed to exchange information data between said first sub-component and said at least one of a number of logical channels; a second linkage means coupled to said first sub-component and at least a second sub-component of said equipment, said second linkage means designed to exchange said information data between said first sub-component and said second sub-component during a period of successive occurrences of a physical channel, a group of physical channels following each other at one frequency and according to a predetermined order; and association means to associate each logical channel to at least one physical channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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