Transmitting system, media converter and transmitting method

• Main Authors: ARASHIN NOBUHIKO, TANAKA OSAMU, TATSUTA AKIHIRO, WATANABE HIROYUKI, SHIOMI TOMONORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.12.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

If trouble or the like occurs in a central device or repeater in an Internet system, and the device becomes unable to operate normally, a link between each terminal and the central device may become invalid, and communication between terminals may become impossible. A transmitting system including an Internet connecting unit, directly or indirectly connected with the Internet, which allows a plurality of communication units to perform communication through the Internet, a media converter, connected with the Internet connecting unit by the first transmission medium, which converts a signal from the first transmission medium into a signal to a second transmission medium, converts a signal from the second transmission medium into a signal to the first transmission medium, and has a function of linking to the communication units, and a signal distributor, connected with the media converter and each of the plurality of communication units by the second transmission medium, which distributes a signal from the media converter and transfers the signal to the communication units, and transfers a signal from the communication units to the media converter.