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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Gunji, Moriguchi, JP;
Tetsuya Wada, Suita, JP;
Rieko Nakajima, Koube, JP;
Hiroshi Doi, Kyoto, JP;
Taku Matsuda, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 8514 ; 370 17 ; 370 60 ; 370 79 ;
Abstract
A ring network concentrator for dynamically changing the design of a network system depending on conditions of a ring network attached to the network concentrator. The ring network concentrator partitions traffic of a ring trunk network into a plurality of ring networks by dynamically changing connection patterns at configuration switches. The configuration switches connect ports, media access control units, and internal paths according to a communication protocol of a packet to be transferred and a traffic amount.