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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Ziqiang Xu, Kusatsu, JP;
Assignee:
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/50 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/50 (2022.05); H04L 67/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network apparatus (), when connecting to a communication network (), broadcasts a first address search frame that includes an address and priority of the network apparatus (), and, upon receiving a second address search frame that is broadcast by another apparatus during connection to the communication network, returns a first return frame that includes the priority of the network apparatus () if there is an address overlap with the network apparatus ().