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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshihisa Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Kenichi Moriguchi, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370405 ; 370403 ; 370425 ;
Abstract
A network system in which at least one loop comprising plural loop-connected nodes and at least one loop comprising either a single node or plural loop-connected nodes are directly connected to a common transmission line, wherein a signal output from one of the nodes is transmitted to all the nodes, and then is discarded by one of the nodes in each loop.