# US 5,347,165 A · Redundancy system switching control system

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- Number: US 5,347,165 A
- Document ID: US5347165A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/984,534
- Filed: 1992-12-02
- Granted: 1994-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 1991-12-03
- Assignees: NEC Corporation
- Inventors: Takashi Miyazono
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347165A

## CPC

- G06F 11/20: using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A redundancy system switching control system includes two packages and logic circuits. The two packages are alternately switched as an operating system package and a standby system package. The logic circuits are arranged on the two packages, respectively, and each of the logic circuits outputs selection information/non-selection information to a remote package using self-package alarm information, self-package forcible switching information, remote-package alarm information, and selection information/non-selection information as four inputs. Each of the logic circuits, when a self-package serves as the operating system package, outputs selection information to the remote package by receiving any one of non-selection information from the remote package and the self-package alarm information when the self-package does not receive the remote-package alarm information. Each of the logic circuits, when the self-package serves as the standby system package, outputs non-selection information to the remote package by receiving any one of selection information from the remote package and the self-package forcible switching information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A redundancy system switching control system comprising:
two packages alternately switched as an operating system package and a standby system package; and
logic circuits which are arranged on said two packages, respectively, and each of which outputs selection information/non-selection information to a remote package using self-package alarm information, self-package forcible switching information, remote-package alarm information, and selection information/non-selection information as four inputs,
wherein each of said logic circuits, when a self-package serves as said operating system package, outputs selection information to said remote package by receiving any one of non-selection information from said remote package and the self-package alarm information obtained when said self-package does not receive the remote-package alarm information, and each of said logic circuits, when said self-package serves as said standby system package, outputs non-selection information to said remote package by receiving any one of selection information from said remote package and the self-package forcible switching information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein each of said logic circuits, when said self package serves as a standby system package, holds selection information output to said remote package in response to input of the self-package alarm information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein each of said logic circuits, when said self package serves as an operating system package, holds non-selection information output to said remote package in response to input of the remote-package alarm information.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein each of said logic circuits, when said self package serves as an operating system package, holds non-selection information output to said remote package in response to input of the self-package alarm information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein each of said logic circuits comprises a first gate circuit for outputting the remote-package selection information when all the four inputs are not input and a second gate circuit for outputting the remote-package selection information by receiving the self-package alarm information when at least any one of selection information from said remote package and the remote-package alarm information is not input.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A system according to claim 5, wherein said first gate circuit is constituted by a four-input NOR circuit, said second gate circuit is constituted by an OR circuit for receiving the selection information from said remote package and the remote-package alarm information and an AND circuit for receiving an output from said OR circuit and the self-package alarm information, and an output from said NOR circuit and an output from said AND circuit are output as the remote-package selection information through said 0R circuit.