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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:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gottlob Borup, Gravinge, DK;
Flemming H Pedersen, Soto Del Res, ES;
Assignee:
Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04J / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 853 ; 370 851 ; 3701001 ; 370108 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling the access of a data transmitter unit to a signal line, enabling approximately full utilization of the bandwidth of the signal line for data transfer, avoidance of collisions, conveyance of the transmitted data amount independently of the signal line length, and ensuring access to the signal line when the unit is to transmit. An apparatus for performing the method, comprising an input (1) and an output (2), a delay unit (3), a data transmitter unit (4) and an activation circuit (5).