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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert T. Regis, Huntington, NY (US);
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3368 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3368 ;
Abstract
An arbitration system which allows communication between a plurality of competing processing modules over a shared communication bus. The system comprises an arbitration line coupled to a controller located on each processing module. When a processing module desires access to the communication bus, each controller, executing the same arbitration protocol, shifts its respective module address onto the arbitration line and monitors the arbitration line to detect for collisions.