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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1984
John L Bell, Escondido, CA (US);
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of simultaneously transmitting both isochronous and nonisochronous data on a local area network includes the steps of: circulating around the network, a first unique signal pattern and at least one occurrence of a second unique signal pattern with a constant time interval between each unique signal pattern and the next one; writing nonisochronous data onto the network from any station and subsequently removing the same in response to a counter that is synchronized to the first unique signal pattern; and simultaneously, writing isochronous data onto the network from any station in response to a counter that is synchronized to each occurrence of the first and second signal patterns.