Communication relay apparatus and setting method
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorSatoshi Miyagishima
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Abstract
A communication relay apparatus includes a plurality of LAN ports configured to receive LAN cables respectively, at least one switch configured to switch to any one of a plurality of states, and an aggregator configured to specify a combination of two or more of the plurality of LAN ports in accordance with a state that is designated in the at least one switch, and conduct redundancy or expansion of a communication bandwidth with respect to a communication performed through the LAN cables that are received in the specified LAN ports.
Claims18
A communication relay apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of LAN ports configured to receive LAN cables respectively;
- at least one physical switch provided on a body of the communication relay apparatus and being configured to switch to any one of a plurality of states;
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- circuity configured to cause the communication relay apparatus to:
- store a state designated in the at least one physical switch at a timing of the communication relay apparatus being switched to a setting mode;
- detect that any ones of the LAN cables are inserted into the LAN ports during the setting mode;
- correspond the stored state to a combination of two or more of the plurality of LAN ports into which the any ones of the LAN cables are inserted at a timing of completion of the setting mode;
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- specify the combination of the two or more of the plurality of LAN ports in accordance with the stored state based on the corresponded combination of the two or more of the plurality of LAN ports, and conduct redundancy or expansion of a communication bandwidth with respect to a communication performed through the LAN cables that are received in the specified LAN ports.
A setting method of a communication relay apparatus including at least one physical switch provided on a body of the communication relay apparatus and a plurality of LAN ports which is configured to receive LAN cables respectively, the setting method comprising:
- switching to any one of a plurality of states by the at least one physical switch;
- storing a state designated in the at least one physical switch at a timing of switching to a setting mode;
- detecting that any ones of the LAN cables are inserted into the LAN ports during the setting mode;
- corresponding the state stored in the storing process to a combination of two or more of the plurality of LAN ports into which the any ones of the LAN cables are inserted at a timing of completion of the setting mode;
- specifying the combination of the two or more of the plurality of LAN ports in accordance with the state that is stored in the storing process based on the correspondence in the corresponding process;
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- conducting redundancy or expansion of a communication bandwidth with respect to a communication performed through the LAN cables that are received in the LAN ports specified in the specifying process.
A communication relay apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of LAN ports configured to receive LAN cables respectively;
- at least one switch configured to switch to any one of a plurality of states;
- an aggregator configured to specify a combination of two or more of the plurality of LAN ports in accordance with a state that is designated in the at least one switch, and conduct redundancy or expansion of a communication bandwidth with respect to a communication performed through the LAN cables that are received in the specified LAN ports;
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- a setter configured to (i) detect that any ones of the LAN cables are inserted into the LAN ports during a setting mode and (ii) correspond a state designated in the at least one switch and stored at a timing of switching to the setting mode to a combination of the LAN ports into which the any ones of the LAN cables are inserted at a timing of completion of the setting mode.
A setting method of a communication relay apparatus including at least one switch and a plurality of LAN ports which is configured to receive LAN cables respectively, the setting method comprising:
- switching to any one of a plurality of states by the at least one switch;
- specifying a combination of two or more of the plurality of LAN ports in accordance with a state that is designated in the switching process;
- conducting redundancy or expansion of a communication bandwidth with respect to a communication performed through the LAN cables that are received in the LAN ports specified in the specifying process;
- storing a state designated in the at least one switch at a timing of switching to a setting mode;
- detecting that any ones of the LAN cables are inserted into the LAN ports during the setting mode;
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- corresponding the state stored in the storing process to a combination of the LAN ports into which the any ones of the LAN cables are inserted at a timing of completion of the setting mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.