NETWORK RELAY DEVICE, NETWORK, AND NETWORK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network relay device, a network, and a network maintenance and operation method, capable of appropriately performing the network maintenance and operation even when transmitting/receiving OAM frames between mutually different standard networks. SOLUTION: The networ...

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Main Author SAWAGUCHI TSUTOMU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.11.2010
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network relay device, a network, and a network maintenance and operation method, capable of appropriately performing the network maintenance and operation even when transmitting/receiving OAM frames between mutually different standard networks. SOLUTION: The network relay device 1 that is a network relay device 1 constituting a network includes a frame determination unit 20 for referencing to a protocol identifier contained in a frame from an external network relay device constituting another standard network different from the network, to determine whether or not the frame contains a confirmation frame for network operation, administration or maintenance, and a processing unit for performing operation, administration, or maintenance on the frame, when the frame determination unit 20 determines that the frame is the confirmation frame. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20090112067