摘要:
A switch controller in a multi-computer processing system functions to establish a data path between any two computers in the system and maintain that data path, without interference, while establishing other independent unidirectional data paths with other pairs of computers. All computers in the system are continuously and rapidly scanned for a request-to-send signal. Those computers that are already engaged in data transmission are leap-frogged by the scanning mechanism. When a request-to-send signal is detected by a particular scanning mechanism, that scanning mechanism stops at the computer generating the request, to provide for an interconnection between the requesting sender and the intended receiver. If during this interconnection phase, it is determined that the intended receiver is occupied, the interconnection is prevented from being completed and the scanning mechanism is instructed to resume scanning of the computers for another request-to-send signal.
摘要:
Asynchronously multiplexed sample data sub-systems employ transmission over a single line to a remote synchronizer and demultiplexer. At the remote synchronizer, the data is recovered by synchronizing signals derived from the data itself. A sub-system, or satellite location, supplies continuously sampled binary data along with a satellite identification and synchronizing sequence as a satellite message frame. This information is supplied bit-serially, to a multiplexer junction. The multiplexed satellite information is delivered asynchronously onto a single line transmission channel with other like bit serial satellite message information from other satellite monitoring sites. Such satellite information is transmitted to a central collection and analysis site where it is demultiplexed according to the words and bits that make up a satellite message frame. At least two message frames from each satellite monitoring site are always placed on the single transmission channel as a single block of data for that satellite. This technique, at the demultiplexer, assures proper recognition of a desired message frame based upon a comparison of satellite identification sequences and a frame synchronization sequence.