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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Hiroshi Miyata, Musashino, JP;
Yukiyo Akisada, Musashino, JP;
Masahito Endo, Musashino, JP;
Hiroki Endo, Musashino, JP;
Kensuke Hosoya, Musashino, JP;
Hiroshi Miyata, Musashino, JP;
Yukiyo Akisada, Musashino, JP;
Masahito Endo, Musashino, JP;
Hiroki Endo, Musashino, JP;
Kensuke Hosoya, Musashino, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an IP network system. The IP network system includes: a plurality of relays making up a ring network; a source host for transmitting a packet and connected to the ring network; and a destination host which conducts a packet communication with the source host through the ring network. Each of the relays is operable to transfer received packets containing a transfer direction information to the destination host through a right-handed route of the ring network and through a left-handed route of the ring network, based on the transfer direction information.