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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Takashi Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuyuki Shintani, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takashi Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuyuki Shintani, Nishinomiya, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A network system comprising routers and a plurality of sub-networks, each of which connects apparatuses, wherein the plurality of sub-networks are identified by respective Net IDs, and are connected via the routers to form a tree structure. Each of the routers includes: first and second communication interface units that connect multiple sub-networks; a router data storage unit that holds router data including the Net IDs of the respective sub-networks that are connected; and a control unit that performs a cold start, which is a start-up process involving an update of the router data stored in the router data storage unit, wherein the control unit, when performing the cold start, causes each of the routers connected to downstream sub-networks to perform a cold start.