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US 2013/0156031 A1Published application
Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorYasuyuki Mitsumori
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a plurality of interface circuits, each interface circuit including a first processor, a plurality of ports, and a first memory configured to store, in each group composed of port of one or more, identification information for the group and identification information for the port belonging to the group, and a switch circuit including, a second processor, a second memory configured to store, in the each group, the identification information for the group and identification information for the interface circuit having port belonging to the group, and a bridge circuit configured to transmit data to the interface circuit.
Claims13
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of interface circuits, each interface circuit including:
- a first processor;
- a plurality of ports;
- and
- a first memory configured to store, in each group composed of port of one or more, identification information for the group and identification information for the port belonging to the group;
- and
- a switch circuit including:
- a second processor;
- a second memory configured to store, in the each group, the identification information for the group and identification information for the interface circuit having port belonging to the group;
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- a bridge circuit configured to transmit data to the interface circuit, wherein the second processor is configured to execute a procedure including:
- acquiring, from the second memory, the identification information for the interface circuit associated with the identification information for the group indicated by data received from the interface circuit;
- and
- generating data by copying the data received from the interface circuit and by addressing to the interface circuit having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for interface circuit, and
- wherein the first processor is configured to execute a procedure including:
- adding, to the data received on the port, source information including the identification information for the interface circuit including the port on which the data has been received and the identification information for the port on which the data has been received;
- acquiring, from the first memory, the identification information for the port associated with the identification information for the group indicated by the data received from the switch circuit;
- generating data by copying the data received from the switch circuit and by addressing to the port having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for the port;
- determining whether or not there is a port that matches the source information added to the data received from the switch circuit;
- deterring the generation of the data by copying the data received from the switch circuit and by addressing to the port having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for the port, when there is the port that matches the source information;
- and
- transmitting the data generated by copying the data received from the switch circuit from the port to which the data has been addressed.
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A communication apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of interface circuits, each interface circuit including:
- a plurality of ports;
- a first memory configured to store, in each group composed of port of one or more, identification information for the group and identification information for the port belonging to the group;
- and
- a switch circuit including:
- a second memory configured to store, in the each group, the identification information for the group and the identification information for the interface circuit having port belonging to the group;
- a second copy circuit configured to acquire, from the second memory, the identification information for the interface circuits associated with the identification information for the group indicated by data received from the interface circuit, and generate data by copying the data received from the interface circuit and by addressing to the interface circuit having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for the interface circuit;
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- a bridge circuit configured to transmit the data generated by the second copy circuit to the interface circuit of a destination,
- wherein the each interface circuit further includes:
- an addition circuit configured to add, to the data received on the port, source information including identification information for the interface circuit including the port on which the data has been received and the identification information for the port on which the data block has been received;
- a first copy circuit configured to acquire, from the first memory, the identification information for the port associated with the identification information for the group indicated by the data received from the switch circuit, and generate data by copying the data received from the switch circuit and by addressing to the port having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for the port;
- a first deterrence circuit configured to determine whether or not there is a port that matches the source information added to the data received from the switch circuit, and when there is a port that matches the source information, deter the generation of the data by copying the data received from the switch circuit and by addressing to the port having identification information matching the acquired identification information for the port;
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- a transmitter circuit configured to transmit the data generated by copying the data received from the switch circuit from the port to which the data has been addressed.
12 more elements
A communication method of a communication apparatus including a plurality of interface circuits and a switch circuit, each interface circuit including a plurality of ports, and first memory configured to store, in each group composed of port of one or more, identification information for the group and identification information for the port belonging to the group, and the switch circuit including second memory configured to store, in the each group, the identification information for the group and identification information for the interface circuit having port belonging to that group, and a bridge circuit configured to transmit data to the interface circuit, the communication method comprising:
- adding, to the data received on the port, source information including identification information for the interface circuit including the port on which the data has been received and identification information for the port on which the data has been received, by a first processor included in the interface circuit;
- acquiring, from the second memory, the identification information for the interface circuit associated with the identification information for the group indicated by data received from the interface circuit, by a second processor included in the switch circuit;
- generating data by copying the data received from the interface circuit and by addressing to the interface circuit having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for interface circuit, by the second processor;
- acquiring, from the first memory, the identification information for the port associated with the identification information for the group indicated by the data received from the switch circuit, by the first processor;
- generating data by copying the data received from the switch circuit and by addressing to the port having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for the port, by the first processor;
- determining whether or not there is a port that matches the source information added to the data received from the switch circuit, by the first processor;
- deterring the generation of the data by copying the data received from the switch circuit and by addressing to the port having identification information matching to the acquired identification information for the port, when there is the port that matches the source information, by the first processor;
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- transmitting the data generated by copying the data received from the switch circuit from the port to which the data has been addressed, by the first processor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.