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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Matthias Wachter, Vienna, AT;
Harald Angelow, Vienna, AT;
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Matthias Wachter, Vienna, AT;
Harald Angelow, Vienna, AT;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Method and systems of transmission schedule enforcement in a hub-based network is provided. Method includes receiving guardian messages from one or more of a plurality of nodes, implementing a voting function, voting the received guardian messages using the voting function, and when a clear winner of the received guardian messages is detected, enabling a port indicated by the clear winner to propagate. The guardian messages are received outside of TDMA communications. The guardian messages contain information pertaining to the next slot or slots to transmit.