Method of assigning time slots, as well as system, center, and subscriber facility for carrying out this method
CA 2240766 A1 · Owner: Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale D'Electricite · Inventors: Wahl, Stefan
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A method is disclosed for assigning time slots in a system comprising a plurality of subscriber facilities (NT) connected to a center (HUB) via a common medium the common medium being divided into a plurality of frequency or wavelength channels which are subdivided into time slots. The center assigns time slots to at least part of the subscriber facilities by specifying one channel and one time-slot number for each assigned time slot. After each time slot used, each subscriber facility involved changes to the next allocated channel. Each subscriber facility involved sends information in the time slot with the next assigned time-slot number. Also disclosed are a system a, center, and a …
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- Filed July 16, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 16, 2018.
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