Title:
【発明の名称】新しいノードをノード間ネットワークに非破壊的に追加するための方法及び装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002519947
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for the non-disruptive addition of one or more nodes to an active inter-nodal network is provided. A telecommunications switching system includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by an inter-nodal network which carries packetized information among the nodes. A host which issues various control instructions is connected to at least one node in the system. When one or more new nodes are to be added to the system, the two nodes adjacent to the location selected for the new node are instructed to begin a synchronized routine for simultaneously beginning to temporarily operate in a special loop back mode of operation which allows telecommunications traffic to continue to travel on the inter-nodal network while the new node or nodes are being physically connected into the system. Thereafter, a sequence of instructions provides for a synchronized routine for both neighbor nodes to return to open operating mode from loopback mode simultaneously. The instruction sequences are issued by a host and a master node of the system for implementing the non-disruptive addition of the new node or nodes to the system.
Inventors:
Higgins, Peter
Jazz weirski, rafal, jay
Jazz weirski, rafal, jay
Application Number:
JP2000557599A
Publication Date:
July 02, 2002
Filing Date:
June 28, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Excel Switching Corporation
International Classes:
H04L12/40; H04L69/40; H04M3/00; H04M7/00; H04L12/56; (IPC1-7): H04M3/00; H04L12/24; H04L12/40; H04M7/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH03241943A | 1991-10-29 | |||
| JPH04269039A | 1992-09-25 | |||
| JPS6177448A | 1986-04-21 | |||
| JPH0340620A | 1991-02-21 | |||
| JPS62284539A | 1987-12-10 |
Foreign References:
| WO1998009405A1 | 1998-03-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kaoru Furuya (2 outside)