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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Koji Demachi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Ebashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniharu Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Hongo, Tokyo, JP;
Toyoaki Yokoi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Habaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Demachi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Ebashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniharu Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Hongo, Tokyo, JP;
Toyoaki Yokoi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Habaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication control system is provided that satisfies the needs of industrial applications in terms of real time properties, scalability and flexibility. For this purpose, the invention causes a communication station performing communications in accordance with a standard protocol to perform multiplex communications based on time division of a communication band. Communication is performed by dividing a communication cycle into time slots, and assigning a set of communication stations and a type of a communication section to each of the time slots.