Master and slave device for communicating on a communication link with limited resource
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorJosef Riegebauer
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Abstract
A master device for communicating with a number of slave devices through a communication link having a limited resource. The master device comprises a transceiver adapted for communicating with the slave devices on the communication link and a controller adapted for detecting the number of slave devices. The controller is adapted for determining an individual resource associated with a slave device to be consumed from the communication link, wherein a sum of the individual resources of all slave devices is lower than the limited resource and wherein the transceiver is adapted for assigning the individual resources to the associated slave devices.
Claims25
A master device for communicating with a number of slave devices through a communication link having a limited resource, the master device comprising:
- a transceiver adapted for communicating with the slave devices on the communication link;
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- a controller adapted for detecting the number of slave devices and for determining an individual resource associated with a slave device to be consumed from the communication link, wherein a sum of the individual resources of all slave devices is lower than the limited resource and wherein the transceiver is adapted for assigning the individual resources to the associated slave devices.
A slave communication device for communicating with a master communication device on a communication link, the slave communication device consuming a transmission resource from the communication link when transmitting to the master communication device, the slave communication device comprising:
- a receiver adapted for receiving an information on the transmission resource from the master communication device;
- a controller adapted for determining the transmission resource from the information;
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- a transmitter adapted for transmitting data to the master communication device using the transmission resource.
A master communication device for communicating with a number of slave communication devices on a communication link, the slave communication devices consuming transmission resources from the communication link when communicating with the master communication device, wherein the communication link has a limited resource, the master communication device comprising:
- a means for detecting the number of slave communication devices communicating on the communication link;
- a means for determining an individual resource to be consumed from the communication link per slave communication device, wherein a sum of the individual resources of the number of slave devices is lower than the limited resource;
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- a means for communicating the individual resources to the slave communication devices.
A system with a master communication device for communicating with a number of slave communication devices through a communication link having a limited resource, the master communication device comprising:
- a transceiver adapted for communicating with the slave devices on the communication link;
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- a controller adapted for detecting the number of slave devices and for determining an individual resource associated with a slave device to be consumed from the communication link, wherein a sum of the individual resources of all slave devices is lower than the limited resource and wherein the transceiver is adapted for assigning the individual resources to the associated slave devices;
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- wherein the slave communication device is adapted for communicating with the master communication device on the communication link, the slave communication device consuming a transmission resource from the communication link when transmitting to the master communication device, the slave communication device comprising:
- a receiver adapted for receiving an information on the trans-mission resource from the master communication device;
- a controller adapted for determining the transmission re-source from the information;
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- a transmitter adapted for transmitting data to the master communication device using the transmission resource.
A method for providing a communication resource to a communication partner based on a total transmission resource, the method comprising:
- determining a number of communication partners;
- dividing the total transmission resource by the number of communication partners to obtain a fractional transmission resource;
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- providing the transmission resource to the communication partner, the transmission resource being less than or equal to the fractional resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.