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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1995
Kenji Taniguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetoshi Amari, Kawasaki, JP;
Masashi Hirome, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiichi Furukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In a ring transmission path, a synchronous multiplexing technique using pointer control is employed. To stabilize pointer values, at least one node is set as a master node. At the master node, the amount of delay by which to delay transmit data is made variable in order to place the transmit data in a fixed position in a transmitted frame regardless of its position in a received frame. At other nodes, the position of the transmit data in the transmitted frame is made variable in order to delay the transmit data by a fixed amount of delay. When the master node is bypassed because of a failure of the master node, etc., the adjacent node downstream detects that state and switches, automatically, to a master node.