Remote maintenance control system
First Claim
1. A remote maintenance control system comprising:
- a plurality of wideband switching equipments connected via a wideband line;
a maintenance terminal connected via a local area network to at least one of said plurality of wideband switching equipments;
an interface unit accommodating said wideband line;
a table for registering an address of at least said plurality of wideband switching equipments to be connected to make the interface unit correspond to the address;
control means, provided in each of said wideband switching equipments, for controlling the transfer of maintenance data and including;
allocation means for allocating the address to each of said wideband switching equipments;
setting means for setting a virtual channel connection for transferring the maintenance data between said wideband switching equipments; and
selection means for selecting whether to transfer the maintenance data to other wideband switching equipment or to transfer the maintenance data to said maintenance terminal connected via the local area network with reference to said table.
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Abstract
A terminal for a maintenance is connected via a local area network (LAN) to a wideband switching equipment. An address such as an IP address is allocated to each of a plurality of wideband switching equipments, and a virtual channel connection for transferring maintenance data to between the plurality of wideband switching equipments. Each control unit of the plurality of wideband switching equipments is provided with a table for registering an address of a connected party to make the address corresponding to an interface unit accommodating a wideband line. The control unit performs control to select whether to transfer the maintenance data to other wideband switching equipment or to the maintenance terminal connected via the LAN with reference to this table.
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6 Claims
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1. A remote maintenance control system comprising:
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a plurality of wideband switching equipments connected via a wideband line; a maintenance terminal connected via a local area network to at least one of said plurality of wideband switching equipments; an interface unit accommodating said wideband line; a table for registering an address of at least said plurality of wideband switching equipments to be connected to make the interface unit correspond to the address; control means, provided in each of said wideband switching equipments, for controlling the transfer of maintenance data and including; allocation means for allocating the address to each of said wideband switching equipments; setting means for setting a virtual channel connection for transferring the maintenance data between said wideband switching equipments; and selection means for selecting whether to transfer the maintenance data to other wideband switching equipment or to transfer the maintenance data to said maintenance terminal connected via the local area network with reference to said table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for transferring data among a plurality of wideband switching equipments connected to each other via wideband line and connected to at least a maintenance terminal via a local network, said method comprising:
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a step of determining whether received data in a wideband switching equipment among said wideband switching equipments is destined for the wideband switching equipment or not; a step of determining whether the received data is destined for the maintenance terminal or not when the maintenance terminal is accommodated in the wideband switching equipment; and a step of transferring the received data to the maintenance terminal when the received data is destined for the maintenance terminal.
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