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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Sujan Pandey, Eindhoven, NL;
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Sujan Pandey, Eindhoven, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Data communications are effected over one or more network branches to ensure appropriate receipt of data at different devices on the network. In accordance with an example embodiment, time-based communications are effected for a plurality of different network devices, at least two of which are connected to a common wired network link, with each network device being assigned to communicate during different time slots within a communication cycle. Each communication received on the common wired network link is assessed as being error-indicative or not error-indicative. In response to a received communication on the common wired network link being assessed as being error-indicative, the common wired network link is operated to corrupt data received on the branch, such as by driving the branch during a time slot in which the error-indicative communication is received, therein ensuring that other network devices disregard the data received during that time slot.