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Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus

  • US 6,891,848 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2003
  • Issued: 05/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a full-duplex communications system having plurality of nodes, wherein one of the nodes is compliant with IEEE P1394b high-speed serial bus standard and receives a Self-ID packet from a high-speed serial bus connecting the plurality of node, a method for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus comprising the acts of:

  • examining received Self-ID packets by IEEE the P1394b compliant node for the absence of a Speed Code; and

    determining the existence of a hybrid bus if any of said received Self-ID packets do not contain a Speed Code.

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