Patent ID: 6654385
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a communication system comprising a host, an intermediate device connected to the host through a high-speed bus, and a remote device connected to a selected one of said intermediate device and said host through a low-speed bus, a message division communication method for transmitting a method, comprising the steps of:designating and notifying from said host to said remote device of a maximum message length determined in a way corresponding to the transmission rate of said low-speed bus; and dividing said message in a manner not to exceed the maximum message length designated into a plurality of division messages, and transmitting the plurality of division messages between said host and said remote device; wherein said message includes a relative address section having a plurality of relative addresses and an entity section including a plurality of entities corresponding to said relative addresses, respectively, and wherein said message is transmitted by being divided into one of a plurality of entities corresponding to one of a plurality of relative addresses selected in the order defined in said relative address section in a manner not to exceed said maximum message length.