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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrice Toillon, Le Pecq, FR;
Assignee:
Sextant Avionique, Velizy Villacoublay, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 ;
Abstract
A communication process is employed on an optical bus simultaneously supporting different bit rates. A single time-division multiplexing transmission protocol is used on the bus. All the equipment is listening to the bus permanently. The items of equipment which require to send information insert it into time windows defined by the item of equipment itself and as a function of the activity of the other items of equipment irrespective of the information bit rate for these items of equipment. Each item of receiver equipment detects the activity of the bus, acknowledges the type of bit rate and recreates the information intended for it.