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the system to ensure a guaranteed amount of bandwidth for messages. The
TDMA discipline divides the static segment into slots of fixed and equal length.
All the slots are used in every segment in the same order. The number of slots in
the static segment is configurable in the range 0 . . . 1,023.
The static segment is split across two channels. Synchronization frames are
provided on both channels. Messages can be sent on either one or both channels;
less critical nodes may be designed to connect to only one channel. The slots are
occupied by messages with ascending frame ID numbers. The slot numbers are
not ...