Synchronous network for digital
US6611537 Patents
A network adapter for a Synchronous logical ring network operates on existing physical twisted-pair telephone topolo gies. Information propagates around the logical ring, reach ing every device on each revolution around the network. Network devices are full-duplex, transmitting and receiving information on every clock cycle. Network devices arbitrate to be elected the network clock device. By Synchronizing all network devices to a Single reference clock, and providing fixed frames of information propagating around the network at consistent time intervals, the logical ring network ensures that
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