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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
May. 10, 1995
Takeshi Kuwajima, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling communications in response to a communication frame in a simultaneous broadcasting mode transmitted from a third communication control apparatus (CCA). The method includes a step of transmitting from a first CCA to a second CCA a communication frame for releasing the exclusive communication mode. The method also includes a step of receiving at the second CCA the communication frame in the simultaneous broadcasting mode after the second CCA has received the communication frame for releasing the exclusive communication mode. The method further includes a step of starting to transmit a communication frame of a communication message from the first CCA to the second CCA after the first CCA has detected the ending of the communication frame in the simultaneous broadcasting mode. The method lastly includes a step of receiving at the second CCA the communication frame of the communication message transmitted from the first CCA in the exclusive communication mode.