Dual mode of operation multiple access system for data link communication
First Claim
1. A dual protocol mode of operation multiple access system for spread spectrum data link communication between a central hub station and a plurality of spoke stations, comprising:
- means in said spoke stations for generating priority request interrupts during a spoke epoch time having a plurality of time division slots, said spoke epoch time comprising one or more dedicated spoke time slots in which each spoke stations can transmit data or requests with priorities to said central hub station to the exclusion of all other spoke stations, said spoke epoch time further comprising one or more spoke priority interrupt request time slots in which all spoke stations can simultaneously transmit spread spectrum priority interrupt requests to said central hub station without collisions, controller means in said central hub station for evaluating said plurality of spoke station interrupt requests, means in said central hub station for granting transmission access to one of said spoke stations requests during predetermined time slots in the next spoke epoch time to the exclusion of all other spoke stations, and said means for granting transmission access including means for resynchronizing timing in said spoke station.
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Abstract
In a data link communications system there is provided a dual mode of operation multiple access system for communication between a plurality of spoke stations and a central hub station which generates a spoke epoch time comprising a plurality of time division slots in which a spoke station can communicate a priority interrupt request to the central hub station. The spoke epoch time comprises one or more dedicated spoke time slots in which only one hub station may transmit to the hub station to the exclusion of all other spoke stations. The spoke epoch time further comprising one or more priority interrupt request time slots in which all spoke stations can transmit priority interrupt requests to the hub station. Controller means in the hub station provides for evaluating priority interrupt requests from the spoke stations and for granting transmission access to one of said spoke stations during predetermined time slots in the next spoke epoch time.
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19 Claims
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1. A dual protocol mode of operation multiple access system for spread spectrum data link communication between a central hub station and a plurality of spoke stations, comprising:
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means in said spoke stations for generating priority request interrupts during a spoke epoch time having a plurality of time division slots, said spoke epoch time comprising one or more dedicated spoke time slots in which each spoke stations can transmit data or requests with priorities to said central hub station to the exclusion of all other spoke stations, said spoke epoch time further comprising one or more spoke priority interrupt request time slots in which all spoke stations can simultaneously transmit spread spectrum priority interrupt requests to said central hub station without collisions, controller means in said central hub station for evaluating said plurality of spoke station interrupt requests, means in said central hub station for granting transmission access to one of said spoke stations requests during predetermined time slots in the next spoke epoch time to the exclusion of all other spoke stations, and said means for granting transmission access including means for resynchronizing timing in said spoke station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A variable dual mode of operation multiple access system for optimizing spread spectrum data transmission between a central hub station and a plurality of spoke stations, comprising:
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a hub station controller for generating a spoke epoch of synchronized spread spectrum time division slots, at least one of said spokes epoch of synchronized spread spectrum time division slots including means for a spoke station to generate a priority interrupt, said operation multiple access system being operable in a TDMA mode of operation when all said spoke epoch of synchronized spread spectrum time division slots are unique priority interrupt slots, wherein said spoke epoch of synchronized spread spectrum time division slots comprising one or more dedicated spoke time slots in which each spoke stations can transmit data or request with priority to said central hub station to the exclusion of all other spoke stations, said spoke epoch of synchronized spread spectrum time divisions slots further comprising one or more spoke priority interrupt request time slots in which all spoke stations can simultaneously transmit spread spectrum priority interrupt requests to said central hub station without collisions, means for resynchronized spectrum timing in said from said central hub station, and said operation multiple access system being operable in a RAMAPI mode of operation when most of said time division slots are assigned to specific spoke stations for transmission of data from a spoke station to said central hub station.
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12. A method of transmitting data from a plurality of spoke stations to a hub station using dual modes of operation, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting data from said hub station to all spoke stations, transmitting synchronized data from said spoke stations to said hub station only when the hub station assigns time slots for the spoke stations to transmit data to said hub station, transmitting synchronized spread spectrum priority interrupt requests from said spoke stations to said hub station during a predetermined time slot or slots without collisions, determining from the plurality of all priority interrupt requests the spoke station having the highest priority, said hub station assigning to the spoke station with the highest priority a plurality of time slots all of its data and means for synchronizing its spread spectrum timing, and said spoke station transmitting all of its synchronized data to said hub station during the plurality throughout a spoke epoch time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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