IP Library Granted Patent US 12,407,755
Granted Patent B2
US 12,407,755 · App. 18/688,109 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Communication system, computing machine, communication method and program

Inventors: Kiwami Inoue (Musashino, JP); Junki Ichikawa (Musashino, JP); Yukio Tsukishima (Musashino, JP); Kenji Shimizu (Musashino, JP); Hideki Nishizawa (Musashino, JP); Toru Mano (Musashino, JP); Tomoya Hibi (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04L67/1097
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Patent No.
US 12,407,755
App. No.
18/688,109
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication system includes a plurality of computing machines 1 and 2 connected to an optical network, in which the optical network includes a main signal communication path 4 and a control communication path 3 . Each of the computing machines 1 and 2 includes a control unit 14 that sets a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication path, and a communication unit 11 that transmits a setting request including setting information of the RDMA communication path set by the control unit 14 and setting information for setting the main signal communication path 4 to a computing machine of an access destination via the control communication path 3 ; and a main signal transmitting/receiving unit 16 that establishes the main signal communication path 4 based on the setting information of the main signal communication path 4.

Claims (26)

1. A communication system comprising:

a plurality of computing machines connected to an optical network,

wherein the optical network comprises a main signal communication path that is a lower layer of a communication scheme and a control communication path for transferring a control signal, and

wherein each computing machine comprises

a control unit that sets a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication path, wherein to set the RDMA communication path, the control unit secures a memory area for RDMA communication,

a communication unit that transmits a setting request including setting information of the RDMA communication path set by the control unit and setting information for setting the main signal communication path to a computing machine of an access destination via the control communication path, and

a main signal transmitting/receiving unit that establishes the main signal communication path based on the setting information of the main signal communication path,

wherein communication unit further establishes the RDMA communication path on the established main signal communication path, wherein the RDMA communication path is an upper layer of the communication scheme.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication unit instructs the control unit to set the RDMA communication path, and

wherein the control unit notifies the communication unit of setting information including the secured memory area.

3. A computing machine connected to a computing machine of an access destination via an optical network,

wherein the optical network includes a main signal communication path that is a lower layer of a communication scheme and a control communication path for transferring a control signal,

wherein the computing machine comprises

a control unit that sets a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication path, wherein to set the RDMA communication path, the control unit secures a memory area for RDMA communication;

a communication unit that transmits a setting request including setting information of the RDMA communication path set by the control unit and setting information for setting the main signal communication path to the computing machine of the access destination via the control communication path; and

a main signal transmitting/receiving unit that establishes the main signal communication path based on the setting information of the main signal communication path,

wherein communication unit further establishes the RDMA communication path on the established main signal communication path, wherein the RDMA communication path is an upper layer of the communication scheme.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the computing machine according to claim 3 .

5. A communication method performed by a communication system comprising a plurality of computing machines connected to an optical network,

wherein the optical network comprises a main signal communication path that is a lower layer of a communication scheme and a control communication path for transferring a control signal, and

wherein each computing machine performs operations comprising:

setting a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication path, wherein setting the RDMA communication path comprises securing a memory area for RDMA communication;

transmitting a setting request including setting information of the RDMA communication path and setting information for setting the main signal communication path to a computing machine of an access destination via the control communication path, and

establishing the main signal communication path based on the setting information of the main signal communication path; and

establishing the RDMA communication path on the established main signal communication path, wherein the RDMA communication path is an upper layer of the communication scheme.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072471/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2024
From: INOUE, KIWAMI; ICHIKAWA, JUNKI; TSUKISHIMA, YUKIO; SHIMIZU, KENJI; NISHIZAWA, HIDEKI; MANO, TORU; HIBI, TOMOYA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066784/0640 →
Continuity (1)
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