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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles A Wells, Clearwater, FL (US);
Assignee:
Critikon, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 85 ; 3408255 ;
Abstract
A communication protocol is provided to enable one of a number of transmitters using a common transmission line to independently gain exclusive use of the line. Before transmitting data, a transmitter first monitors the line to establish that it is idle. If it is, the transmitter then asserts the line for an interval unique to that given device. Thereafter the transmitter monitors the device momentarily to determine that no other transmitter is asserting the line and, if so, the transmitter may then gain exclusive control of the line.