The exchange of messages in time real between stations connected by a link in a loop, in particular between stations of a telecommunications

摘要

The exchange system comprises stations connected by a closed-loop having two rings (A1, A2) using a method of access by token, and functioning in load-sharing mode, each ring ensuring the totality of exchanges in case of a failure of the other. Each station comprises one adaptor (1, 2) per ring, a coupler (C) and a terminal (T). Each adaptor ensures only the procedures of the low-layer level 2 and of the level 1. The coupler comprises a processor which ensures, with the aid of a high level protocol 2 and 3, the management of the load sharing between the rings, the switching of the station onto a ring in the case of failure of the other ring, the protection against transmission errors, the desequencing and the duplication of the messages, the adaptor and ring failures, and the instantaneous halting of traffic by removal or insertion of a station. …IMAGE…