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US 2009/0213744 A1Published application
Self-testing communications device
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorRafael Nenna
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Abstract
The invention relates to a communications device with a transmitter (101) for transmitting a predetermined message via a communications network, a receiver (103) for receiving a reply to the predetermined message via the communications network, and a processor (105) designed to detect a time interval between the transmission of the predetermined message and the reception of the reply and to assign this time interval to a predetermined measurement interval.
Claims13
Communications device comprising:
- a transmitter (101) for transmitting a predetermined message via a communications network;
- a receiver (103) for receiving a reply to the predetermined message via the communications network;
- and
- a processor (105) designed to detect a time interval between the transmission of the predetermined message and the reception of the reply and to assign the time interval to a predetermined measurement interval.
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Communications method comprising:
- transmitting a predetermined message via a communications network;
- receiving a reply to the predetermined message via the communications network;
- detecting a time interval between the transmission of the predetermined message and the reception of the reply;
- and
- assigning the detected time interval to a predetermined measurement interval.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.