Time-Slotted Protocol With Arming
The method augments the time-slotted protocols with additional features that allow arming functions to be implemented as an inherent part of the protocol.
1 . A system comprising:
a communication system; and
a time-slotted protocol having an arming state machine, operational within the communication system.
2 . A system as in claim 1 , wherein the arming state machine includes armed and trigger states devoted to asynchronous events.
3 . A system as in claim 2 , wherein transition into and out of the armed states are based on time-base execution.
4 . A system as in claim 1 , wherein:
the communication system is a test and measurement system; and
the time-slotted protocol reserves communications bandwidth for handling asynchronous events.
5 . A system as in claim 1 , comprising:
client activities have responses to the arming state machine.
6 . A system as in claim 5 , wherein the client activities are selected from a group including client processes and devices.