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Ring communications system

CA 1212161 A · Owner: Prime Computer, Inc. · Inventors: Hogan, Thomas C.; Bahr, Richard G.

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A communications network including a plurality of terminals coupled together to provide a unidirectional communications ring. Each of the terminals is adapted to transmit (at an associated fixed data rate) a digital signal to the next downstream terminal on the ring. Each terminal is adapted to receive a digital signal at the data rate associated with the next upstream terminal. In each local terminal, there is a detector for detecting the received synchronization packets and associated data packets are generated for transmission to the next downstream terminal on the ring at a predetermined fixed data rate associated with the local terminal. The data of each transmitted data packet matches …

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  • Granted September 30, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 30, 2003.
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FiledFebruary 9, 1984
GrantedSeptember 30, 1986
Term endedSeptember 30, 2003
Patent numberCA 1212161 A
Classification (IPC)H04L5/14 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 9, 1984Patent grantedSep 30, 1986Term endedSep 30, 2003

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