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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a network system providing communication through a multi-channel transmission path with n channels, N buffers in each of plural node devices temporarily store signals for transmission through the n channels. A channel control device alters the channels through which the signals from the buffers are sent so that the signals from plural buffers cannot be sent concurrently to the same channel. A buffer control device controls the read out of signals from the buffers through the n channels selected for signal transmission synchronously with the channel alteration. A node device receiving signals from another node device includes reception devices that receive signals from the n channels, respectively.