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Data exchange, data terminal accommodated in the same, data communication system and data communication method

US5912877A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 1995
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13353
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data exchange and a data exchanging method each suitable for a communication system which tends to be congested due to high-speed communication such as a frame relay network. The data exchange that accommodates plural data terminals via terminal trunks includes a congestion status detecting unit for detecting the congestion status in a standard transit trunk, and the transit trunk control unit including a first alternate control unit that controls to transfer data to be transferred by a roundabout route using a backup transit trunk, based on detection information from the congestion status detecting unit. The purpose of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of congestion or the frame disposal of a frame at a congestion occurrence time.

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