Digital serial communications hub
First Claim
1. A digital serial communications hub comprising:
- (a) a controller; and
,(b) a plurality of receiver-transmitter units operatively coupled to the controller;
wherein the controller is programmed to delay, route and regenerate data at mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits and mixed protocols by, in part, digitizing and quantizing all received data in a time domains, independent of a protocol necessary for understanding said received data.
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Abstract
A digital serial communications hub has the ability to delay, route and regenerate data on the fly at mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits, and mixed protocols without prior setup. In addition, the communications hub stores and retrieves serial data in the time domain, and employs a simple and reliable error correction routine that takes advantage of the time domain format of the data. Physically, the communications hub is implemented as a circuit card integrating a central processor with several serial communications ports. The serial ports connect to a combination of electrical interfaces that include RS232, RS485, TTL, and Fiber Optic. The serial communication ports are routed through a central flow processor that controls data flow into and out of the circuit card via serial communications connectors.
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18 Claims
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1. A digital serial communications hub comprising:
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(a) a controller; and
,(b) a plurality of receiver-transmitter units operatively coupled to the controller; wherein the controller is programmed to delay, route and regenerate data at mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits and mixed protocols by, in part, digitizing and quantizing all received data in a time domains, independent of a protocol necessary for understanding said received data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for operating a digital serial communications hub, comprising
(i) digitizing and quantizing all received data in a time domain said received data further comprising mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits, and mixed protocols; -
(ii) error correcting the received data in the time domain; (iii) retransmitting the error corrected received data, mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits and mixed protocols, independent of a protocol necessary for understanding said received data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A digital serial communications hub comprising:
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(a) a controller; and
,(b) a plurality of receiver-transmitter units operatively coupled to the controller; wherein the controller is programmed to delay, route and regenerate data at mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits and mixed protocols by, in part, digitizing and quantizing all received data in a time domain without knowledge of protocol, framing or other information necessary to digitizing or quantifying said received data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operating a digital serial communications hub, comprising:
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(i) digitizing and quantizing all received data in a time domain said data further comprising mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits, and mixed protocols; (ii) error correcting the received data in the time domain; (iii) retransmitting the error corrected received data, mixed baud rates, mixed character framing bits and mixed protocols, without knowledge of protocol, framing or other information necessary to digitizing or quantifying said received data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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