Switching apparatus and path monitoring setting method
First Claim
1. A switching apparatus comprising:
- a receiving part for receiving a signaling message including information on a source of a signal and information on a destination of the signal;
a determining part for determining a transmission route from the source to the destination specified by the signaling message received by the receiving part;
a setting part for setting a data concerned with monitoring of the transmission route determined by the determining part on a basis of path monitoring information included in the signaling message received by the receiving part; and
a transmitting part for transmitting the signaling message set the data concerned with monitoring of the transmission route by the setting part, onto the transmission route determined by the determining part.
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Abstract
To make reliable settings about pass monitoring in a short time.
I/F parts are connected to other switching apparatuses or terminal units and receive or transmit a signaling message and a packet from or to these other switching apparatuses or terminal units. A route setting part refers to the source address and the destination address of a packet included in a signaling message to determine a path on which the packet will be transferred. A path monitoring control part refers to path monitoring information included in the signaling message as well as a monitoring method memory part and a belonging area memory part in order to make settings about monitoring of the path. The monitoring method memory part stores path monitoring methods to be adopted in the I/F parts. The belonging area memory part stores areas to which the I/F parts belong on a network.
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13 Claims
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1. A switching apparatus comprising:
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a receiving part for receiving a signaling message including information on a source of a signal and information on a destination of the signal; a determining part for determining a transmission route from the source to the destination specified by the signaling message received by the receiving part; a setting part for setting a data concerned with monitoring of the transmission route determined by the determining part on a basis of path monitoring information included in the signaling message received by the receiving part; and a transmitting part for transmitting the signaling message set the data concerned with monitoring of the transmission route by the setting part, onto the transmission route determined by the determining part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A path monitoring setting method comprising:
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receiving a signaling message including information on a source of a signal and information on a destination of the signal; determining a transmission route from the source to the destination specified by the signaling message received by the receiving step; setting a data concerned with monitoring of the transmission route determined by the determining step on a basis of path monitoring information included in the signaling message received by the receiving step; and transmitting the signaling message set the data concerned with monitoring of the transmission route by the setting step, onto the transmission route determined by the determining step.
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