Method of getting access to and utilizing a message channel...

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G06K 5/00 (2006.01) H04L 12/43 (2006.01) H04L 12/64 (2006.01)

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CA 1262285

-23- ABSTRACT: A method of obtaining access to and utilising a message channel in a communication system and arrangement for performing the method. The invention relates to a broadband, time-division- multiplex, , ring-shaped local area network, with which both circuit-switched and packet-switched traffic such as data, text, video and speech traffic can be sup- ported. More specifically, the invention relates to a method and an arrangement with which the stations connected to the ring-shaped network can obtain access to a common message channel available for all the stations. Access is obtained after the stations wanting access unambiguously determined by means of an arbitration procedure which station obtains access to the message channel excluding all the other stations. The message channel is also used for the ar- bitration. The messages which are transmitted are further- more of such a construction that error detection and correction, addressing, congestion etc. can be effected in a simple way.

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