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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1994
Robert P McNamara, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Saldinger, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert J Cringle, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gigi C Chu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shanubhog G Sangameswara, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peterpaul Vita, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael M Ouye, Mountain View, CA (US);
David R Stevens, Los Altos, CA (US);
Celeste Baranski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cai U Monsson, Capitola, CA (US);
Timothy P Murphy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin T Murphy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gary M Ellis, San Jose, CA (US);
Ranjit Ghate, Oakland, CA (US);
First Pacific Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A distributed intelligence network using time and frequency domain multiplexing. On power-up, each node determines its skew and requests downloading of program code and configuration data. A node claims timeslots by transmitting a packet into an apparently empty timeslot and verifying receipt of its own packet.