Patent ID: 11940943
Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 15, including:
receiving the multicast read frame on a first external interface of the first network interface module, wherein the first external interface is connected to the shared network link;
receiving the read data from a host device connected to the first network interface module on a second external interface of the first network interface module;
transmitting the response on the first external interface of the first network interface module;
receiving a command for another slave node from a second network master node on a third external interface of the first network interface module, wherein the second network master node is not connected to the shared network link; and
broadcasting the command on the first external interface when detecting the shared network link is available.