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Resource management system

US7587472B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2003
Grant dateSep 8, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A resource management server that manages information concerning the resource reservation status and the information of groups of all electronic equipments connected to hubs. When an electronic equipment is newly connected to a port of one of the hubs, the electronic equipment issues a resource request and the group information to the resource management server. The resource management server sets up a network path between the newly connected electronic equipment and the other electronic equipments belonging to the same group as the newly connected electronic equipment, and judges if the resource request can be accepted on the setup network path.

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