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Abnormality monitor method and abnormality monitor system in a network

US6154859A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1998
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/0811
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an abnormality monitor system of a network, when it is determined that a data transmission function is impaired as a data transmission line is broken or an abnormality occurs in a communication IC, a CPU sends abnormality occurrence information indicating abnormality occurrence and the abnormality occurrence point from a slave station unit to a master station unit through a communication line provided separately from the data transmission line.

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