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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 85 ; 3408255 ;
Abstract
A contention-type data communication system such as an optical star-configured network comprises a plurality of stations connected with one another through data bus. To detect a signal collision quickly, each of the stations is arranged to transmit a collision-detecting packet which has a predetermined time length T.sub.1 and a predetermined pulse pattern, and then transmit a data packet after a time interval T.sub.2. The number or pattern of pulses received during a time period T.sub.1 +T.sub.2 from the start of reception of a collision-detecting packet is compared with that of the self-transmitted collision-detecting packet so that the signal collision is detected when noncoincidence occurs.