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Communication method and equipment therefor
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1988-10-26
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Granted: 1990-02-13
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Expires: 2008-10-26
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a communication method using a small-scale computer network and a communication equipment used therefor. Particularly, a novel communication method in a communication equipment is capable of accumulating a plurality of communication data, i.e., frames at the same time and having a function to sequentially transmit them to the network. According to this method, after transmission of a single frame is completed, when the condition is satisfied that a predetermined time has passed or the condition that the transmission of the frame from any other communication equipment is completed, transmission of the next frame is initiated. Accordingly, this method eliminates the possibility that solely a specified communication station occupies the network, thus making it possible to improve efficiency in use of the network.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/40; H04L12/407; H04L12/413; H04L12/40143
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A communication method using LAN of a CSMA/CD system, wherien each communication equipment initiates a transmission delay instruction after transmission of a frame is completed, terminates said transmission delay instruction when either the condition that a first predetermined time has passed from the time when said transmission of the frame is completed or the condition that a second predetermined time has passed from the time when reception from any other communication equipment is completed, and initiates transmission of the next frame, provided that said transmission delay instruction has been terminated, wherein the first and second predetermined times have such a relationship that said second predetermined time is less than 2τ which is less than or equal to the first predetermined time, where τ is a time required until a signal is propagated to another communication equipment located at a furthermost position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A communication method using LAN of a CSMA/CD system, wherien each communication equipment initiates a transmission delay instruction after transmission of a frame is completed, terminates said transmission delay instruction when either the condition that a first predetermined time has passed from the time when said transmission of the frame is completed or the condition that a second predetermined time has passed from the time when reception from any other communication equipment is completed, and initiates transmission of the next frame, provided that said transmission delay instruction has been terminated, wherein the first and second predetermined times have such a relationship that said second predetermined time is less than 2τ which is less than or equal to the first predetermined time, where τ is a time required until a signal is propagated to another communication equipment located at a furthermost position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A communication method as set forth in claim 1, wherien said first predetermined time is set on the basis of propagation time of a signal in said LAN and said second predetermined time is set as IFS being a minimum inter frame time to be set when two frames are transmitted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A communication method as set forth in claim 2, wherein said first predetermined time is set so that T>(2τ+IFS), where T denotes said first predetermined time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A communication method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the commuication equipment is such that as an order of priority of use lowers, said predetermined time is increased.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
146 words
A communication equipment consitituting LAN of the CSMA/CD system, said communication equipment comprising a timer section for counting a predetermined time, a carrier sense section for sensing that a frame transmitted from any other communication equipment is being received, a transmission section for controlling the frame transmission, and a transmission delay section for instructing said transmission section to delay transmission of the frame, the occurrence of said transmission delay instruction being initiated when transmission of a frame is completed, said transmission delay instruction being terminated in response to either of two facts which has occurred earlier, one fact being that said timer section has counted said predetermined time, the other fact being that said carrier sense section has output a sense signal, the frame transmission being initiated only when a predetermined time as a minimum interframe time has passed and said transmission delay instruction is terminated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
146 words
A communication equipment consitituting LAN of the CSMA/CD system, said communication equipment comprising a timer section for counting a predetermined time, a carrier sense section for sensing that a frame transmitted from any other communication equipment is being received, a transmission section for controlling the frame transmission, and a transmission delay section for instructing said transmission section to delay transmission of the frame, the occurrence of said transmission delay instruction being initiated when transmission of a frame is completed, said transmission delay instruction being terminated in response to either of two facts which has occurred earlier, one fact being that said timer section has counted said predetermined time, the other fact being that said carrier sense section has output a sense signal, the frame transmission being initiated only when a predetermined time as a minimum interframe time has passed and said transmission delay instruction is terminated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A communication equipment as set forth in claim 5, wherein said predetermined time is greater than a value obtained by adding to said minimum interframe time a time twice as large as a time required when a signal is propagated between the most distant communication equipments on the network.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
88 words
A communication equipment as set forth in claim 5, wherein said transmission delay section comprises a logical sum circuit which inputs a signal occurring when said timer section has counted said predetermined time and a signal occurring when said carrier sense section senses that the frame transmitted from any other communication equipment is being received, and a flip-flop which is set at the time when transmission of each frame by said transmission section is completed and is reset in response to an output from said logical sum circuit.
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