Line accommodating device

Abstract

A line accommodating device for accommodating lines of a first communication network and a second communication network, the line accommodating device includes an interface connecting to the first communication network; a connecting block for connecting to the interface; and a plurality of relay modules connecting to the connecting block and the second communication network, respectively, each of the relay module including a reporting unit for notifying the connected relay modules via the connecting block of identification information of the relay module's own, an obtaining unit for obtaining identification information of the connected relay modules via the connecting block, and a controller including processes of determining at least one connection target of the relay module in the properly obtained identification information of the relay module by the obtaining unit, and controlling for switching the connection target of the relay module in accordance with a determined result of the determining.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.