Intermittent operative communication apparatus adaptively controlling the timing of waiting data reception and a method therefor
AssigneeOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorYuki Kubo
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Abstract
An intermittent operative communication apparatus can send data, received from a source communication device, to any receiver communication device at a predetermined interval and wait for receiving data at the predetermined interval. The communication apparatus has a selector for selecting one or multiple receiver communication devices as a reference communication device that gives a reference timing at which the communication apparatus waits for receiving data, and a timing controller for setting a timing, at which the communication apparatus waits for receiving data, to a timing according to operation of any reference communication device.
Claims17
An intermittent operative communication apparatus for use in a telecommunications system including a plurality of communication devices, said apparatus waiting for receiving data at a predetermined interval and sending data received from a source device among the plurality of communication devices to a receiver device among the plurality of communication devices, said receiver device waiting for data at the predetermined interval, said apparatus comprising:
- a selector for selecting at least one of the plurality of communication devices as a reference device giving a reference timing with reference to which said apparatus waits for receiving data;
- and
- a timing controller for setting a timing at which said apparatus waits for receiving data to a timing according to operation of said reference device.
A telecommunications system comprising a plurality of communication devices, said devices waiting for receiving data at a predetermined interval and sending data received from a source device among the plurality of communication devices to a receiver device among the plurality of communication devices, said receiver device waiting for data at the predetermined interval, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is operative intermittently and comprises:
- a selector for selecting at least one of the plurality of communication devices as a reference device giving a reference timing with reference to which said device waits for receiving data;
- and
- a timing controller for setting a timing at which said device waits for receiving data to a timing according to operation of said reference device.
A communication method in an intermittent operative communication apparatus for use in a telecommunications system including a plurality of communication devices, the apparatus waiting for receiving data at a predetermined interval and sending data received from a source device among the plurality of communication devices to a receiver device among the plurality of communication devices, the receiver device waiting for data at the predetermined interval, the apparatus including a selector and a timing controller, said method comprising the steps of:
- selecting by the selector at least one of the plurality of communication devices as a reference device for controlling a reference timing with reference to which the apparatus waits for receiving data;
- and
- setting by a timing controller a timing at which the apparatus waits for receiving data to a timing according to operation of the reference device.
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