Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Packet processing apparatus, interface unit and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 分组处理装置,接口单元及其方法
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Application No.: US12716632Application Date: 2010-03-03
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Publication No.: US08369223B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Koji Hachiya , Tetsuo Ehara , Yasuyuki Mitsumori , Kanta Yamamoto , Junichi Kawaguchi , Yuichiro Katsura
- Applicant: Koji Hachiya , Tetsuo Ehara , Yasuyuki Mitsumori , Kanta Yamamoto , Junichi Kawaguchi , Yuichiro Katsura
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki
- Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: JP2009-088236 20090331
- Main IPC: H04J1/16
- IPC: H04J1/16

Abstract:
A packet processing apparatus includes a plurality of communication connecting unit each connected with a communication partner apparatus using one of a work path and a protection path, connecting unit for connecting, using a data bus, the plurality of communication connecting unit with one another; determination unit for, when a packet sent from the communication partner apparatus is received by one of the communication connecting unit, determining whether the packet is a maintenance packet that is used for monitoring a connection state with the communication partner apparatus; and transmitting unit for, when it is determined that the packet is a maintenance packet by the determination unit, transmitting the maintenance packet to the plurality of communication connecting unit using the data bus via the connecting unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100246425A1 PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS, INTERFACE UNIT AND METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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