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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuko Iwatsuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Wada, Hadano, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
An end node for which sending and receiving are controlled by a hub is directly connected and used. When another end node is directly connected to the PMD control unit,, the input control signal processor,of the signal processor,receives a receiving state signal indicating the state of a tone signal which is outputted from the PMD control unit,and received from another end node, converts it to a receiving state signal indicating the state of a tone signal from the hub which has the same meaning as it, and transfers it to the MAC/PMI control unit