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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Junichi Fujimori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Junichi Fujimori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A communication system comprises: a dominated node comprising a lower layer having a communication device that transmits/receives a signal to/from another node connected to a network, a notifying device that notifies said another node that the dominated node does not have an upper layer when the communication device receives a signal to an upper layer, and a processor that executes a process in accordance with the received signal corresponding to the lower layer; and a dominating node comprising a lower layer having a communication device that transmits/receives a signal to/from another node connected to the network, a first upper layer that manages the lower layer, and a second upper layer that manages the lower layer of the dominated node connected to the network.