Node device configuring ring network and data frame control method
US7535834B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2027 |
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- 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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