NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR DISCOVERING EQUIPMENT, AND EQUIPMENT DISCOVER CONTROL PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily discover an equipment over a network other than data link to which the equipment itself belongs, without using multicast packet.;SOLUTION: The system in which a plurality of equipment communicate via a network is provided with a discovered side equipment, having function of performing a small-scaled communication to neighboring routers at predetermined time intervals in order to be discovered by other equipment belonging to the system; and a discover-side equipment, having a function for confirming detection of desired equipment by acquiring connection device information from the neighboring routers and communicating with the equipment described in the connection device information, in order to discover other equipment that belongs to the system.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT