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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Michael Franzen, Bocholt, DE;
Michael Franzen, Bocholt, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for operation of a communication path between at least two communication terminals in which, at least at a start time, the two communication terminals are connected via at least one intermediate station and interchange signals with one another via this communication path, with both the intermediate station and the communication terminals determining the quality of signal transmission from the direction of their respective predecessor station or stations. The method is characterized in that the signal transmission quality from the direction of the predecessor node is measured cyclically, and the measured signal transmission quality is transmitted at least to one adjacent intermediate station or at least to one adjacent communication terminal, and each intermediate station and each communication terminal compares its own measured signal transmission quality with the transmitted signal transmission quality, with existing connections being disconnected, and new connections being made as a function of the comparison.