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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Masayuki Shinohara, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhito Matsuyama, Hadano, JP;
Takayuki Muranaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Isao Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
Masayuki Shinohara, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhito Matsuyama, Hadano, JP;
Takayuki Muranaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Isao Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
ALAXALA Networks Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Network switching arrangements including: setting an operation mode of a target switching block to a operation mode that is different from an operation mode of a first switching block while the first switching block is handling a switching process, the target switching block being one switching block selected from second switching blocks; performing a switchover process including starting the switching process using the target switching block instead of the first switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block; and copying the switching information held by the first switching block to the target switching block, prior to starting the switching process using the target switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block.