Patent ID: 8355408
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A front-end system for a communication system comprising: a plurality of analogue blocks arranged for transmitting and receiving analogue signals; and a digital unidirectional circular network operative for controlling and monitoring the operation of at least one analogue block of the plurality of analogue blocks, the digital unidirectional circular network arranged for implementing a logical packet-based communication scheme, the digital unidirectional circular network comprising: wherein parameters for communication over the digital unidirectional circular network are selected to substantially minimize interference among the plurality of the analogue blocks by balancing clock propagation delay and data propagation delay in each node of the plurality of digital slave nodes by use of a clock activity profile that ramps up over time determined by the sequential activation order for the analogue blocks as required for a particular system functionality.