Trunk network system for multipoint-to-multipoint relay

摘要

In a trunk network, each node, when notified from another node of a change in the state of a group to which external connection ports belong, changes the states of the external connection ports to cause external devices to detect the failure of the transmission route. A port state monitor unit classifies external connection ports into groups in advance and stores the correspondence of the external connection ports and the groups. The port state monitor unit then detects changes in the states of external connection ports. When a change of the state of any external connection port is detected in the port state monitor unit, a group state management unit reports state information that includes the states of groups that correspond to the external connection port to other nodes that make up the trunk network. Upon receiving state information from any other node, the group state management unit, in accordance with the states of groups that are included in the state information, changes the states of external connection ports that belong to these groups.