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Node device configuring ring network and data frame control method

US7535834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 2005
Grant dateMay 19, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/42
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When an externally received data frame is transmitted at a station of a ring-shaped packet communication network, a congestion point in the communication network is defined as a boundary point, a frame addressed to a station located before the boundary point is transmitted at a first transfer rate, and a frame addressed to a station located after the boundary point is transmitted at a second transfer rate lower than the first transfer rate.

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