US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 119-- .~.~.~ Loop

US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 119
.~.~.~ Loop

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359 /	HD	OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS

109	DF	OPTICAL COMMUNICATION {13}
115	DF	.~ Multiplex {7}
118	DF	.~.~ Optical local area network (LAN) {3}
119		.~.~.~ Loop

DEFINITION

Classification: 359/119

Loop:

(under subclass 118) Subject matter wherein the local area network consists of a series of stations connected to each other and the last station is connected to the first station.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

370, Multiplex Communications, appropriate subclasses, particularly

222+, for fault recovery of a ring or loop network, subclass 258 for network configuration determination in a ring system,

subclasses 403+ and 406 for packet switching in a ring network, and 452+ for channel assignment by polling on a ring network.