Control interface protocol for telephone sets for a satellite telephone system
First Claim
1. In a communication system having a plurality of terminals connected to a common node by a digital interface bus, a method for handling error control for packets sent to the terminals by the common node, each packet having modulo-sequential sequence numbers, comprising the steps of:
- sending a packet from the common node to one of the terminals;
performing collision checking on the bus; and
sending a negative acknowledgment (NAK) from said one of the terminals to the common node when an error or unexpected sequence number is detected in said packet, wherein said NAK includes a sequence number of a last valid packet received.
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Abstract
A control interface protocol governs communications in a satellite telephone system. The satellite telephone system comprises a radio antenna unit (RAU) and a plurality of desksets connected to the RAU. An interface bus connects the desksets to the RAU. The RAU and the desksets communicate with each other by packets. Each packet comprises a start of header (SOH) byte, an address number (ADDR) byte, a command (CMD) byte, an argument (ARG) and a block check character (BCC). The ADDR byte comprises a source and a destination address of the packet. All packets, except negative acknowledgment (NAK) packets from the desksets, are acknowledged by the RAU. The packets originating from the desksets are tagged with an address of the desksets. A packet to a specific deskset includes a destination address. A packet originating from the RAU to all desksets includes a first default address. A packet originating from the RAU to a deskset that does not have an address includes a second default address.
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9 Claims
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1. In a communication system having a plurality of terminals connected to a common node by a digital interface bus, a method for handling error control for packets sent to the terminals by the common node, each packet having modulo-sequential sequence numbers, comprising the steps of:
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sending a packet from the common node to one of the terminals; performing collision checking on the bus; and sending a negative acknowledgment (NAK) from said one of the terminals to the common node when an error or unexpected sequence number is detected in said packet, wherein said NAK includes a sequence number of a last valid packet received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A common node in a communication system, the common node connected to a plurality of terminals by a digital interface bus, the common node configured to handle error control for packets sent to the terminals, each packet having modulo-sequential sequence numbers, comprising:
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means for sending a packet to one of the terminals; means for performing collision checking on the bus; and means for receiving a negative acknowledgment (NAK) from said one of the terminals if an error or unexpected sequence number is detected in said packet, wherein said NAK includes a sequence number of a last valid packet received.
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