Method and device for managing access to the transmission medium of a multiservice distributed switching network adapted to switch traffic in synchronous circuit-switched mode and in synchronous or asynchronous packet-switched mode, the architecture of the network being based on a transmission medium...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5107492?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5107492 - Method and device for managing access to the transmission medium of a multiservice distributed switching network
