Hierarchical processing system and method for down loading information in parallel

A hierarchical processing system including processors connected in a hierarchical formation having first, second and third hierarchical levels, said hierarchical processing system comprising:

• first equipment, provided at the first hierarchical level, having memory stored information to be down loaded to the processors located at the second and third hierarchical levels, table stored configuration data representing addresses for sending said information to the processors located at the second and third hierarchical levels, and a first controller to send said information based on said configuration data;
• second equipment, provided at the second hierarchical level, having a second controller to receive the information to be down loaded to the processors located at the second and third hierarchical levels from said first equipment and to send to the first equipment the configuration data representing addresses for sending said information to the processors located at the second and third hierarchical levels;
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• third equipment, provided at the third hierarchical level, having a third controller to receive the information to be down loaded to the processors located at the third hierarchical level from the first equipment via the second equipment and to send to the second equipment the configuration data representing addresses for sending said information to the processors located at the third hierarchical level,
• wherein the configuration data sent by the second equipment and the third equipment represents the type and the address for a source processor for sending the configuration data therefrom, the type and the address for a destination processor for receiving the configuration data thereto and the hierarchical level for the source processor;
• wherein the third controller of the third equipment sets the type and the address for the processor located at the third hierarchical level to the type and the address, respectively, for the source processor in the configuration data and initializes the hierarchical level for the source processor in the configuration data with a prescribed value;
• wherein the second controller of the second equipment determines whether the hierarchical level for the source processor in said configuration data is equal to the prescribed value, sets the type and the address for the processor located at the second hierarchical level to the type and the address for the source processor in the configuration data if the hierarchical level for the source processor in the configuration data is equal to the prescribed value, and raises the hierarchical level for the source processor in the configuration data by 1 level;
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• wherein the first controller of the first equipment further comprises;
• equipment searching the stored configuration data in the system memory equipment for one processor located at the hierarchical level as low as possible so as to determine the processor to be down loaded thereto;
• equipment selecting information to be down loaded to the determined processor in dependence on the determined processor;
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• equipment setting the type for the determined processor to the destination label added to the information to be down loaded to the determined processor and selecting the destination processor on the basis of the configuration data about the determined processor so that the information should be down loaded to the determined processor via the selected destination processor.