Patent ID: 6035200
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A system (700, BS2) of communicating units (701, 702, 301, 302), said system comprisingat least one transmitting unit (701, 701) arranged for transmitting messages (706, 308),at least one resource group (708) comprising at least two resource units (702, 303) arranged for receiveing said messages (706, 308),a system internal communication network (704, 302) to which the transmitting unit (701, 301) and the resource units (702, 303) in the resource group (708) are connected, said communication network (704, 302) being arranged for transmitting said messages (706, 308) serially between the transmitting unit (701, 301) and the resource units (702, 303),a load distributor (703, 304) connected to the system internal communication network (704, 302)characterized in thatthe system (700, BS2) further comprises transmission means (705, 305) for transmitting control signals (709, 309) from the load distributor (703, 304) to the resource units (702, 303) in the resource group (708),for at least one selected message (706, 308) of said messages (706, 308) each resource unit (702, 303) is arranged for registering said selected message (706, 308) as addressed to itself and initiating reception of said selected message (706, 308),the load distributor (703, 304) is arranged for registering the selected message (706, 308) and for said message (706, 308) according to a predetermined rule, selecting at least one of the resource units (702, 303),the load distributor (703, 304) is also arranged for emitting control signals (709, 309) to the resource units (702, 303) in the resource group (708) comprising information about said selection, said control signals (709, 309) being transmitted from the load distributor (703, 304) to the resource units (702, 303) through said transmission means (705, 305),each of the resource units (702, 303) in the resource group is arranged for performing predetermined actions in connection with the selected message (706, 308), in dependence of said control signals (709, 309).