Patent ID: 9094233
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system comprising: a transmission path; a plurality of nodes coupled to the transmission path in a bus topology, the plurality of nodes communicating with each other via the transmission path using communication signals having a predetermined communication frequency; and a power supplying portion supplying a power supply signal having a predetermined power supply frequency to the transmission path, wherein each of the plurality of nodes includes a coupling portion, a synchronizing signal generation portion, a bus state determination portion, a transmission portion, a collision determination portion, and a transmission stopping portion, wherein the coupling portion transmits and receives the power supply signal and a communication signal using electromagnetic induction in non-contact with the transmission path, wherein the synchronizing signal generation portion generates a synchronizing signal that has the communication frequency and is synchronized with the power supply signal based on the power supply signal received via the coupling portion, wherein the bus state determination portion determines whether the transmission path is in an idle state in which the communication signal does not exist on the transmission path based on a voltage level of a signal that has the communication frequency and is induced at the coupling portion, wherein the transmission portion transmits the communication signal via the coupling portion when the bus state determination portion determines that the transmission path is in the idle state, the communication signal includes a header part and a data part, the header part includes the synchronizing signal without modulation, the data part includes a signal obtained by modulating the synchronizing signal with a transmission data to another node in the plurality of nodes, wherein the collision determination portion determines whether a collision of the communication signals occurs on the transmission path based on the voltage level of the signal that has the communication frequency and is induced at the coupling portion, and the transmission stopping portion stops transmission of the data part by the transmission portion when the collision determination portion determines that the collision occurs during transmission of the header part.