Patent ID: 8964776
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A network comprising: at least one first Client and at least two second Clients connected to the first Client by a message transmission device, wherein the network is configured such that there is communication between the first Client and the at least two second Clients via communication slots, the communication slots including a first communication period and a second communication period, and the first Client is connected to the at least two second Clients via a polling process, wherein, according to the polling process, the first Client polls the at least two second Clients for a fixed time interval, which defines a communication slot, wherein data is transmitted between the first Client and the at least two second Clients in the communication slot, the communication slot having at least one first message slot and a second message slot in the second communication period, and wherein the at least one first message slot of the communication slot is configured for use by a selected second Client to transmit a message to the first Client, and the second message slot of the communication slot is configured for use by the at least two second Clients to transmit a message to the first Client, wherein the second message slot is not reserved for a specific one of the at least two second Clients.