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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1999
Katsutoshi Nakajima, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshikazu Saito, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Nishiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Unno, Shizuoka, JP;
Akiyoshi Tomita, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Norizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A master node and slave nodes which are connected in a ring-like manner transmit commands in one direction, each of the nodes transmits a state monitoring command for monitoring the operational state of the network to its immediate upstream-side node, and the operational state of the network is monitored by a response from the immediate upstream-side node with respect to the state monitoring command. A traffic monitoring unit monitors the amount of traffic in the network and determines whether or not the amount of traffic is less than a predetermined value, and a start-command transmitting unit transmits a start command for instructing the start of transmission of the state monitoring command to each of the slave nodes if it is determined that the amount of traffic is less than the predetermined value.
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