Distributed arbitration in a full-duplex bus system. By distributing the arbitration function among the nodes of a tree topology full-duplex bus system such that arbitration at any particular time is handled by a node holding a grant of the bus at that time (the nominal root node), a reverse flow direction...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7023874?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7023874 - Distributed arbitration on a full duplex bus
