Communication system
CA 2019594 C · Owner: Alcatel N.V. · Inventors: Mestdagh, Denis Julien Gilles; Van Engelshoven, Robertus Josephus; Pauwels, Bart Joseph Gerard
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This system includes a main station (MS) and a plurality of substations (SX/SZ) which include each a transceiver and are all connected in parallel to first (UL) and second (DL) unidirectional links on which recurrent first and second cells of fixed length are transmitted in opposite direction. Each of these cells contains a plurality of signalling channels smaller than the number of substations. When a substation has to transmit data it starts an allocation procedure wherein the substation cooperates with the main station and by which a channel is allocated to it. Afterwards prior to transmitting the data the substation transmits a request signal in the allocated channel and starts …
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- Filed June 22, 1990 and granted August 18, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 22, 2010.
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