Patent ID: 6073197
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An information communication system comprising:an information transmission bus;a signaling channel;a plurality of nodes communicatively linked by said information transmission bus and said signaling channel, predetermined valid communications among selected ones of said nodes being set up by said nodes in accordance with preselected transmission characteristics compatible among said nodes, said nodes setting up for communications on said information transmission bus using said preselected transmission characteristics in response to a signal transmitted from one of said selected ones on said signalling channel,wherein each one of said nodes comprises a device having:a memory, said memory storing information transmission bus characteristics to be used for transmitting information from said one to another node in said system;means for reading a particular set of said information bus transmission characteristics from said memory responsive to a need to transmit information between said one and said another node; andmeans for configuring said one to transmit a message on said information transmission bus according to said information transmission bus characteristics retrieved from said memory.