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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Terry L. Lyon, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventor:
Terry L. Lyon, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a data communication system for communicating data between a plurality of data communicating entities, data is transmitted simultaneously from at least a first data communicating entity and a second data communicating entity onto a serial data ring. A first portion of the serial data ring is cross coupled to a second portion of the serial data ring so that data from the first data communicating entity avoids conflict with data from the second data communicating entity, thereby emulating a forward and reverse transmission on a single unidirectional serial ring.