IP Library Granted Patent US 8,654,785
Granted Patent B2
US 8,654,785 · App. 12/926,903 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Transmission control system, subscriber-side communication device, and office-side communication device

Inventors: Satoshi Furusawa (Chiba, JP); Akihiro Takahashi (Saitama, JP); Yasuyuki Kuroda (Chiba, JP); Shozo Yamada (Chiba, JP)
Assignees: OF Networks Co., Ltd.; Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.; Fujikura Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,654,785
App. No.
12/926,903
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a subscriber-side communication device including a subscriber-side processing unit that continuously performs signal processing regardless of computer restart and includes a transmission processing unit that performs a data transmission process according to transmission control information contained in a received signal from the office-side communication device. Also provided is an office-side communication device including an office-side processing unit that continuously performs signal processing regardless of computer restart, and a transmission control information computing unit that computes transmission control information for each subscriber-side communication device, the office-side processing unit including a transmission control information storing unit that stores transmission control information of each subscriber-side communication device computed by the transmission control information computing unit, and a transmission control processing unit that performs a transmission control process with each subscriber-side communication device by using the transmission control information of each subscriber-side communication device stored in the transmission control information storing unit.

Claims (22)

1. A subscriber-side communication device for sending and receiving data over a channel with an office-side communication device, comprising:

an operation information supplying unit that supplies operation information in accordance with a control frame received from the office-side communication device; and

a subscriber-side processing unit that periodically transmits the operation information over the channel to the office-side communication device, to thereby keep a normality of the channel,

wherein the subscriber-side processing unit includes a transmission processing unit that performs, by hardware, data transmission with the office-side communication device during a computer restart for a software update.

2. An office-side communication device for sending and receiving data over a channel with at least one subscriber-side communication device connected thereto, comprising:

a transmission control information computing unit that computes transmission control information related to data transmission for each of the at least one subscriber-side communication device; and

an office-side processing unit that periodically transmits the transmission control information over the channel to said each subscriber-side communication device, to thereby keep a normality of the channel,

wherein the office-side processing unit includes:

a transmission control information storing unit that stores the computed transmission control information for the at least one subscriber-side communication device, and

a transmission control processing unit that performs, by hardware, a transmission control process with each of the at least one subscriber-side communication device during a computer restart for a software update by using the stored transmission control information.

3. A transmission control system, comprising:

an office-side communication device and at least one subscriber-side communication device connected to the office-side communication device, wherein the office-side communication device includes

a transmission control information computing unit that computes transmission control information related to data transmission for each of the at least one subscriber-side communication device, and

an office-side processing unit that periodically transmits the transmission control information over a channel to said each subscriber-side communication device, to thereby keep a normality of the channel, the office-side processing unit including:

a transmission control information storing unit that stores the computed transmission control information for the at least one subscriber-side communication device, and

a transmission control processing unit that performs, by hardware, a transmission control process with each of the at least one subscriber-side communication device during a computer restart for a software update by using the stored transmission control information.

4. A transmission control system for sending and receiving data between an office-side communication device and one or a plurality of subscriber-side communication devices connected to the office-side communication device, wherein

each of the one or plurality of subscriber-side communication devices includes a subscriber-side processing unit that continuously performs signal processing regardless of computer restart and includes a transmission processing unit that performs a data transmission process according to transmission control information related to data transmission contained in a received signal from the office-side communication device, and

before instructing restart to one of the subscriber-side communication devices being a restart target, the office-side communication device stops monitoring of a channel established with the transmission processing unit of the subscriber-side communication device being the restart target.

5. The subscriber-side communication device of claim 1 , wherein the operation information supplying unit supplies the operation information by executing software instructions.

6. The office-side communication device of claim 2 , wherein the transmission control information computing unit computes the transmission control information by executing software instructions.

7. The transmission control system of claim 3 , wherein the transmission control information computing unit computes the transmission control information by executing software instructions.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2017
From: FUJIKURA LTD.
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043528/0245 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: OF NETWORKS CO., LTD.
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035975/0567 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2010
From: FURUSAWA, SATOSHI; TAKAHASHI, AKIHIRO; KURODA, YASUYUKI; YAMADA, SHOZO
To: OF NETWORKS CO., LTD.; OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.; FUJIKURA LTD.
Reel/Frame 025620/0651 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2008
From: POTTER, JASON; KNUEVEN, JASON
To: EAGLE CRUSHER COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 020842/0042 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-290211 · Dec 22, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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