Abstract: A relay device has a plurality of input/output modules each having input/output ports, each input/output module including throughput measuring means for measuring throughput of communication packets received from other input/output modules, and throughput limiting means for limiting throughput of communication packets to be transferred to the other input/output modules on the basis of the throughput measured by the throughput measuring means, wherein the relay device transfers communication packets between the input/output modules to relay the communication packets.

Abstract: A relay device has a plurality of input/output modules each having input/output ports, each input/output module including throughput measuring means for measuring throughput of communication packets received from other input/output modules, and throughput limiting means for limiting throughput of communication packets to be transferred to the other input/output modules on the basis of the throughput measured by the throughput measuring means, wherein the relay device transfers communication packets between the input/output modules to relay the communication packets.

Abstract: A relay unit capable of avoiding the occurrence of simultaneous switching whatever data is received and thereby preventing malfunction of the device due to impulse noise, and a memory product having stored therein a computer program are provided. The relay unit includes a latch unit that temporarily stores converted parallel data; a determining unit that compares received data with subsequent data to be received subsequently and thereby determines whether to invert bits of data; and an inverting unit that invert bits of converted serial data. When the determining unit determines that bit-inverted parallel data is received as subsequent data, the determining unit transmits to the latch unit a signal instructing to prohibit from storing temporarily the received subsequent data and transmits to the inverting unit a signal instructing to invert bits of data.