Communication system
In a communication system, nodes are coupled to a transmission path in a bus topology. The nodes communicate with each other via the transmission path using communication signals that have a communication frequency and are synchronized with a power supply signal. Each of the nodes includes a coupling portion that transmits and receives the communication signal and the power supply signal using electromagnetic induction in non-contact with the transmission path. Each of the nodes determines whether a collision of the communication signals occurs on the transmission path based on a voltage level of a signal that has the communication frequency and is induced at the coupling portion.
1. A communication system comprising:
a transmission path;
a plurality of nodes coupled to the transmission path in a bus topology, the plurality of nodes communicating with each other via the transmission path using communication signals having a predetermined communication frequency; and
a power supplying portion supplying a power supply signal having a predetermined power supply frequency to the transmission path,
wherein each of the plurality of nodes includes a coupling portion, a synchronizing signal generation portion, a bus state determination portion, a transmission portion, a collision determination portion, and a transmission stopping portion,
wherein the coupling portion transmits and receives the power supply signal and a communication signal using electromagnetic induction in non-contact with the transmission path,
wherein the synchronizing signal generation portion generates a synchronizing signal that has the communication frequency and is synchronized with the power supply signal based on the power supply signal received via the coupling portion,
wherein the bus state determination portion determines whether the transmission path is in an idle state in which the communication signal does not exist on the transmission path based on a voltage level of a signal that has the communication frequency and is induced at the coupling portion,
wherein the transmission portion transmits the communication signal via the coupling portion when the bus state determination portion determines that the transmission path is in the idle state, the communication signal includes a header part and a data part, the header part includes the synchronizing signal without modulation, the data part includes a signal obtained by modulating the synchronizing signal with a transmission data to another node in the plurality of nodes,
wherein the collision determination portion determines whether a collision of the communication signals occurs on the transmission path based on the voltage level of the signal that has the communication frequency and is induced at the coupling portion, and
the transmission stopping portion stops transmission of the data part by the transmission portion when the collision determination portion determines that the collision occurs during transmission of the header part.
2. The communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the coupling portion includes a single resonance circuit that resonates at the power supply frequency, and
wherein the communication frequency is set such that a transmission efficiency of the coupling portion is greater than or equal to a predetermined lower limit.
3. The communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of nodes are assigned different priorities, and
wherein a transmission period of the header part transmitted from a node from the plurality of nodes having a higher priority is set to be longer than a transmission period of the header part transmitted from a node from the plurality of nodes having a lower priority.
4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of nodes includes a noise detection portion and a header length setting portion,
wherein the noise detection portion detects a generation state of noise on the transmission path, and
wherein the header length setting portion changes a length of a transmission period of the header part based on a detection result of the noise detection portion.
5. The communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power supplying portion is included in one of the plurality of nodes, and
wherein the synchronizing signal generation portion in the node including the power supplying portion generates the synchronizing signal based on the power supply signal supplied from the power supplying portion.