Patent ID: 6320869
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunication network comprising a primary station and a plurality of secondary stations, the secondary stations being linked to the primary station by a transmission medium which is at least partly shared in common by the secondary stations; characterized in that:the secondary stations each comprise request transmitting means for transmitting a transmission request signal to the primary station;the primary station comprises allocation transmitting means for transmitting an allocation signal to each of the secondary stations from which request signals have been received;the secondary stations each comprise payload transmitting means which, in response to an allocation signal, transmit payload data from the requesting secondary stations in respective timeslots of equal predetermined duration;the number of said timeslots being determined by the number of secondary stations which transmit a request signal to said primary station; andthe request transmitting means of each secondary station is adapted to transmit a request signal to the primary station directly following a transmission of payload data by said secondary station if it then has further data to transmit;wherein the allocation transmitting means is adapted to transmit as an allocation signal the transmission request signals which have been received by the primary station.