SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN A CONTROL UNIT AND AT LEAST ONE SUB-UNIT

摘要

A system and method for sending control information between a control unit and at least one of a plurality of cascaded units (CU) connected via a time-multiplexed communications link comprises generating an information message of a predetermined lenght at a message generator including a CU identifier value and control information, where the CU identifier value communication link. The information message is processed at the current CU, including determining whether the CU identifier value matches the identity of the current CU where the information message is a downlink message.