Patent ID: 6195365
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communication method between a plurality of apparatuses mutually connected via a bus simultaneously supporting different bit rates,wherein a transmitting apparatus performs the steps of:determining a bit rate of a wordstring to be transmitted;coding the wordstring in accordance with the determined bit rate;inserting the coded wordstring in a subframe of a frame of a single time-division multiplexing transmission protocol independently of a data rate of other apparatuses; andtransmitting the frame to at least one other apparatus using the single time-division multiplexing transmission protocol, andwherein a receiving apparatus performs the steps of:constantly listening to the bus for data activity;receiving transmitted wordstrings when there is data activity on the bus;determining the bit rate of each received wordstring; andrecreating the received wordstrings based on the determined bit rate.