Measurement system, management device and processing distribution method using the same

A management device in a measurement system comprising a plurality of measurement devices connected over a network, and a plurality of data processing devices that receive data measured by the measurement devices and perform data processing,

• wherein the measurement device includes a data processing device information storage part, and a processing allocation part,
• wherein the data processing device information storage part, with respect to the measurement devices respectively belonging to specific groups, holds information about multicast addresses each assigned to each of the groups, and
• wherein the processing allocation part respectively decides the group in which the data processing devices are to join, and commands the data processing devices to receive measured data multi-cast to the addresses defined for the groups and process the measured data.

A processing distribution method in a measurement system comprising a plurality of measurement devices connected over a network, and a plurality of data processing devices that receive data measured by the measurement devices and perform data processing,

• wherein the plurality of measurement devices belong to groups respectively, and transmit the measured data to a multicast address defined for each of the groups,
• wherein the groups in which each of the data processing devices is to join are decided so that processing loads are smoothed among the plurality of operable data processing devices, and
• wherein the plurality of data processing devices respectively receive measured data multi-cast to the address defined for each of the groups, and processes the measured data.