METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A DEVICE OF A DATA NETWORK AS PILOT MASTER

摘要

The invention relates to a method for identifying a subscriber from among a plurality of subscribers of a data network as the pilot master for emitting a pilot signal to which the other subscribers of the data network can synchronize. According to methods known from prior art the pilot tone is typically generated by a separate pilot tone generator or a predefine selected subscriber. The disadvantage is that if the pilot tone generator or the selected subscriber fails, synchronization and thus communication among the subscribers is no longer possible. The aim of the invention is to rectify this disadvantage. For this purpose, at least two of the subscribers of the data network are enabled to be the pilot-master and one of them assumes pilot mastership according to the method described above.