Communication between network nodes
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsUsman Raza, Magnus Stig Torsten Sandell
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Abstract
A method of transmitting packets between a plurality of nodes of a network. The method comprising in each of a plurality of data timeslots, transmitting a data packet with one of the plurality of nodes and listening to receive the data packet with the remainder of the plurality of nodes. The method further comprising in each of one or more parity timeslots following the plurality of data timeslots, transmitting a parity packet with one or more of the plurality of nodes and listening to receive the parity packet with the remainder of the plurality of nodes. Each parity packet is derived from a set of the data packets transmitted during the plurality of data timeslots.
Claims22
A method of comprising:
- in a first data timeslot, transmitting a first data packet with one of a first node of a network and a second node of the network and receiving the first data packet with a remainder of the first node and the second node;
- in a second data timeslot, transmitting a second data packet with one of the first node and the second node and receiving the second data packet with a remainder of the first node and the second node;
- and
- in a parity timeslot following the first data timeslot and the second data timeslot, transmitting a parity packet with one or more of the first node and the second node and receiving the parity packet with the remainder of the first node and the second node,
- wherein the parity packet is derived from a set of one or a plurality of the first data packet and the second data packet transmitted during the first data timeslot and the second data timeslot, and
- the parity timeslot includes a synchronous parity timeslot.
A method of operating a node of a network including a first node and a second node, the method comprising:
- in a first data timeslot, transmitting or receiving a first data packet associated with a first data timeslot;
- in a second data timeslot, transmitting or receiving a second data packet associated with a second data timeslot;
- and
- in a parity timeslot following the first data timeslot and the second data timeslot, transmitting or receiving a parity packet associated with the parity timeslot, the parity packet being derived from a set of the first data packet and second data packet associated with the parity timeslot,
- wherein the parity timeslot includes a synchronous parity timeslot.
A node apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter configured to, in a first data timeslot, transmit a first data packet to another node of a network including the node apparatus, the another node receiving the first data packet in the first data timeslot;
- and
- a receiver configured to, in a second data timeslot, receive a second data packet transmitted from the another node, the another node transmitting the second data packet in the second data timeslot,
- wherein the transmitter, in a parity timeslot following the first data timeslot and the second data timeslot, transmits a parity packet to the another node,
- wherein the parity packet is derived from a set of one or a plurality of the first data packet and the second data packet transmitted during the first data timeslot and the second data timeslot, and
- the parity timeslot includes a synchronous parity timeslot.
A node apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter configured to, in a first data timeslot, transmit a first data packet to another node of a network including the node apparatus, the another node receiving the first data packet in the first data timeslot;
- and
- a receiver configured to, in a second data timeslot, receive a second data packet transmitted from the another node, the another node transmitting the second data packet in the second data timeslot,
- wherein the transmitter, in a parity timeslot following the first data timeslot and the second data timeslot, transmits a parity packet to the another node, the parity packet being derived from a set of the first data packet and second data packet associated with the parity timeslot,
- the another node receives the parity packet in the panty timeslot, and
- the parity timeslot includes a synchronous parity timeslot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.