US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 135
.~.~ Time division

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

109  DF  OPTICAL COMMUNICATION {13}
115  DF  .~ Multiplex {7}
135.~.~ Time division {4}
136  DF  .~.~.~> Multiple access (e.g., CSMA, CDMA)
137  DF  .~.~.~> Subscriber system
138  DF  .~.~.~> By specific optical element {1}
140  DF  .~.~.~> With delay

DEFINITION

Classification: 359/135

Time division:

(under subclass 115) Subject matter wherein access to the optical transmission medium is divided into discrete time intervals and information from respective channels is transmitted in differing time intervals.

(1) Note. Differing time intervals need not be associated on a one-to-one basis with the information channels.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

370, Multiplex Communications, appropriate subclasses, particularly

280, and 294 for time division in wireless or wired nonoptical duplex systems, respectively, and subclasses 345+ and 498+ for time division in wireless or wired nonoptical multiplex communications systems, respectively.