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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1995
Haruo Moritomo, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A terminal for a maintenance is connected via a local area network (LAN) to a wideband switching equipment. An address such as an IP address is allocated to each of a plurality of wideband switching equipments, and a virtual channel connection for transferring maintenance data to between the plurality of wideband switching equipments. Each control unit of the plurality of wideband switching equipments is provided with a table for registering an address of a connected party to make the address corresponding to an interface unit accommodating a wideband line. The control unit performs control to select whether to transfer the maintenance data to other wideband switching equipment or to the maintenance terminal connected via the LAN with reference to this table.