Bridging system for interoperation of remote groups of devices
First Claim
1. A bridging system for a communication system comprising:
- a first gateway and a second gateway arranged to communicate with each other, each gateway being connectable to a different bus of the communication system, the first gateway being operative to communicate details of available devices on its respective bus to the second gateway, the second gateway being operative to generate at least one proxy element corresponding to each of said available devices, each proxy element being operative to communicate data and messages between devices on the bus of the second gateway and the device on the first gateway corresponding to the proxy element wherein a communication between devices is started when sufficient resources are available on the busses and gateway connections.
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Abstract
A bridging system for a communication system comprises a first gateway (107) and a second gateway (108) arranged to communicate with each other. Each gateway (107, 108) is connectable to a different bus (100, 105) of the communication system. The first gateway (107) is operative to communicate details of available devices (102, 103) on its respective bus (100) to the second gateway (108). The second gateway (108) is operative to generate at least one proxy element corresponding to each of said available devices (102, 103). Each proxy element is operative to communicate data and messages between devices (130) on the bus (105) of the second gateway (108) and the device on the first gateway (100) corresponding to the proxy element.
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18 Claims
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1. A bridging system for a communication system comprising:
- a first gateway and a second gateway arranged to communicate with each other, each gateway being connectable to a different bus of the communication system, the first gateway being operative to communicate details of available devices on its respective bus to the second gateway, the second gateway being operative to generate at least one proxy element corresponding to each of said available devices, each proxy element being operative to communicate data and messages between devices on the bus of the second gateway and the device on the first gateway corresponding to the proxy element wherein a communication between devices is started when sufficient resources are available on the busses and gateway connections.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- 17. A bridging system for a communication system comprising a first gateway and a second gateway arranged to communicate with each other, each gateway being connectable to a different bus of the communication system, the first gateway being operative to communicate details of available devices on its respective bus to the second gateway, the second gateway being operative to generate at least one proxy element corresponding to each of said available devices, each proxy element being operative to communicate data and messages between devices on the bus of the second gateway and the device on the first gateway corresponding to the proxy element, wherein details of an available device include isochronous data transmissions, the proxy element comprising a proxy isochronous connection and an isochronous data connection is only set up if sufficient resources are available on all busses and gateway connections involved.
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