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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Hojo, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ; G08C 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ; G08C 1/500 ;
Abstract
In order to flexibly use the transmission capacity upon transmitting a signal between node devices, the downstream node device requests the upstream node device to decrease the number of outputs in a given channel prior to insertion of a signal into that channel. The upstream node device decreases the number of outputs in that channel by, e.g., distributing the outputs in the channel to other channels in response to the request.