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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomoo Kunikyo, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Obara, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuo Nogami, Sagamihara, JP;
Tamiya Ochiai, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/240 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/240 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
An information communication system in which a switch constituting section (,) housing a data generating source is connected to a center switch constituting section (,) through a communication channel (,) using an ATM technology as if the function of an ATM switch of distributed arrangement type was realized. This information communication system flexibly handles new kinds of information provided with the progress of times, and, even when a fault occurs, properly copes with the fault.