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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Steven H. Gardner, San Diego, CA (US);
James E. Petranovich, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven H. Gardner, San Diego, CA (US);
James E. Petranovich, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Local area network bandwidth is partitioned into periodic data frames. Data frames are further segregated into spectrum and time slots. Bandwidth reserved by assigning spectrum and time slots to particular circuit connections; enabling deterministic data transfer from source to destination nodes. Bandwidth reservations are broadcast to nodes attached to network.