Patent ID: 6452946
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for improving performance in distributed master and slave type communications systems comprising the steps of:generating first slave-specific messages for a plurality of slave systems, each slave-specific message having a target slave system; combining said first slave-specific messages into a first combined-message frame; transmitting said first combined-message frame over a communications link having a master system at a first end and said target slave systems at a second end; utilizing said slave-specific messages within said first combined-message frame to generate first slave-specific frames, each first slave-specific frame having a target slave system; transmitting said first slave-specific frames to respective said target slave systems; storing, at said second end, a plurality of second slave-specific frames received from said target slave systems in response to said first slave-specific frames; generating a second combined-message frame that is representative of said plurality of second slave-specific frames; and transmitting said second combined-message frame to said first end of said communications link.