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Local hybrid communication network in circuit and packet modes with a loop carrying a time multiplex

CA 1214247 A · Owner: Etablissement Public De Diffusion Dit "Telediffusion De France" · Inventors: Takhedmit, Tahar; Renoulin, Roger J.; Le Franc, Jean-Pierre

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A hybrid local communication network operates both in circuit and packet modes with a loop carrying a TDM multiplex for interconnecting a number of terminals connected to the loop. The communications in packet mode are controlled by a token. The header of each packet comprises the address of the called station and the address of the calling station. The TDM multiplex is arranged in multiframes comprising N frames O-(N-l). Each frame comprises P byte time slots iTO-iT(P-l) for transmitting a packet per frame. The byte time slot iTO in each frame contains the frame alignment pattern of the frame the byte time slot, iTl contains the frame packet token byte the byte time slots iT2-iTh, contain …

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  • Granted November 18, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 18, 2003.
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FiledSeptember 16, 1983
GrantedNovember 18, 1986
Term endedNovember 18, 2003
Patent numberCA 1214247 A
Classification (IPC)H04L12/64

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 16, 1983Patent grantedNov 18, 1986Term endedNov 18, 2003

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