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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Shinichi Hatae, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Niida, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Ohnishi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a communication system for logically connecting a source node and one or more destination nodes, and for controlling data communication between the individual nodes by employing a connection ID that is used to identity the logical connection relationship. The communication system may comprise a source node adapted to transmit data packets, a destination node adapted to receive the data packets transmitted from the source node, and a controller adapted to manage a logical connection between the source node and the destination node, the destination node being adapted to abort communication between the source node and the destination node if the destination node received an abort packet transmitted from the controller, and the destination node being adapted to disconnect the logical connection after the communication is aborted by the abort packet. The source node itself, and methods of using the system and that node, are also individual aspects of what is disclosed.