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Communication apparatus and communication controlling method in ring network

US9166815B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2010
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/0654
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A ring connection apparatus according to one embodiment is provided with: a frame receiver that receives frames to be transmitted to one of the plurality of ring networks from each of the plurality of networks; and a frame transmitter that transmits each of frames, a passing frame to be transmitted from a device to another device inside said one ring network and a crossing frame to be transmitted to a device in said one ring network from a device in another ring network different from said one ring network, to said one ring network within the range of a band, which is separately determined in advance.

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