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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A master node () transmits a bandwidth extension instruction including an extension duration D, an extension time slot number N, and an extension time Tto multiple slave nodes (). The master node () and the multiple slave nodes () execute a bandwidth extension process of modifying a communication frame such that the start time of the following cycle following the cycle designated by the extension time Tis advanced by the extension duration D, the time slot identified by the extension time slot number Nis extended by the extension duration D, and the time slot identified by the shortening time slot number Nis shortened by the extension duration D. The master node () and the slave nodes () communicate with each other using the assigned time slots.