TIME LOCKING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CHANNEL NETWORK FOR EXECUTING SAME METHOD

摘要

A time-locking method for stations which form part of a local star network in a multiplex data transmission system in which the exchanges between stations are organized in a single frame permitting the simultaneous writing and reading by way of transmission modules which are connected to the network via a coupler. The method has a first phase during which the forward/return propagation time is measured between each station and the coupler, a second phase during which the stations are synchronized with the master station, and a third phase duration in which the time position of each station is fixed in a time slot reserved for the locking of this station in the multiplex.