CA2079671A1 - Multichannel backplane bus system architecture - Google Patents

Multichannel backplane bus system architecture

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CA2079671A1
CA2079671A1 CA002079671A CA2079671A CA2079671A1 CA 2079671 A1 CA2079671 A1 CA 2079671A1 CA 002079671 A CA002079671 A CA 002079671A CA 2079671 A CA2079671 A CA 2079671A CA 2079671 A1 CA2079671 A1 CA 2079671A1
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Menachem Abraham
David Bartolini
Samuel Ben-Meir
Ilan Carmi
John L. Cook, Iii
Ira Hart
Alex Herman
Steven E. Horowitz
Yongbum Kim
Yoseph Linde
Brian Ramelson
Richard Rehberg
Gordon Saussy
Yuval Shohet
Igor Zhovnirivski
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/46Interconnection of networks
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L9/00Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols
    • H04L9/40Network security protocols
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/18Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S370/00Multiplex communications
    • Y10S370/908Local area network

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CA002079671A 1990-04-23 1991-04-22 Multichannel backplane bus system architecture Abandoned CA2079671A1 (en)

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US51284990A 1990-04-23 1990-04-23
US512,849 1990-04-23
US07/687,590 US5301303A (en) 1990-04-23 1991-04-16 Communication system concentrator configurable to different access methods
US687,590 1991-04-16

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JP (1) JPH05506553A (2)
CA (1) CA2079671A1 (2)
WO (1) WO1991016679A1 (2)

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