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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
Frank Glaeser, Hannover, DE;
Ralf Koehler, Hannover, DE;
Jens Brocke, Laatzen, DE;
Kurt Knuth, Hannover, DE;
Frank Glaeser, Hannover, DE;
Ralf Koehler, Hannover, DE;
Jens Brocke, Laatzen, DE;
Kurt Knuth, Hannover, DE;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
After every bus reset operation in an IEEE 1394 network, the network is reconfigured. This involves a table with further station-specific information being created after the bus initialization phase, the tree structure identification phase and the self identification phase. Each network station returns its station-specific information to the requesting network station. In the first phase, all that information which has been received up to a time determined by a first abort criterion is sorted into the table. Next, the still incomplete table is enabled for use by an application program in the requesting network station. In the second phase, the still missing station-specific information is then requested again and is sorted into the table when it is delivered by the stations to which requests have been sent. After a time determined by a second abort criterion, the further request for the still missing station-specific information is terminated and the table is closed in this state and is provided for use by the application software.