Abstract: In a method for transmitting data from a first node to a second node through an interlinking network including data transmission equipments: the data is transmitted from the first node to one of the data transmission equipments together with a first request for storage of the data in the one of the data transmission equipments; the data is stored in a storage unit provided in the one of the data transmission equipments in response to the first request; a second request for the data is transmitted from the second node to the one of the data transmission equipments; the data is read out from the storage unit in response to the second request; and the data is transmitted from the one of the data transmission equipments to the second node.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a SONET/SDH transmitter provided in a transmission system in which a SONET/SDH network and an IP network are connected with optical LAN-IF. The SONET/SDH transmitter has a redundancy transmission line structure consisting of two transmission lines, a K-packet processing section, and a transmitting section. The K-packet processing section is used for generating a specific byte (SONET K1/K2 byte) of data representing transmission-line switching control information about the transmission lines, packetizing the generated data, and outputting a packet. The transmitting section is used for transmitting the packet to the transmitter provided opposite through the transmission lines. This SONET/SDH transmitter further has a redundancy line switching section.

Abstract: In a method for transmitting data from a first node to a second node through an interlinking network including data transmission equipments: the data is transmitted from the first node to one of the data transmission equipments together with a first request for storage of the data in the one of the data transmission equipments; the data is stored in a storage unit provided in the one of the data transmission equipments in response to the first request; a second request for the data is transmitted from the second node to the one of the data transmission equipments; the data is read out from the storage unit in response to the second request; and the data is transmitted from the one of the data transmission equipments to the second node.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a SONET/SDH transmitter provided in a transmission system in which a SONET/SDH network and an IP network are connected with optical LAN-IF. The SONET/SDH transmitter has a redundancy transmission line structure consisting of two transmission lines, a K-packet processing section, and a transmitting section. The K-packet processing section is used for generating a specific byte (SONET K1/K2 byte) of data representing transmission-line switching control information about the transmission lines, packetizing the generated data, and outputting a packet. The transmitting section is used for transmitting the packet to the transmitter provided opposite through the transmission lines. This SONET/SDH transmitter further has a redundancy line switching section.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes an input port part having a plurality of input ports, an output window part having a plurality of buffers, a switch part making connections between the plurality of input ports and the plurality of buffers, a selection control circuit controlling the switch part so that data from the plurality of input ports are stored in buffers that have available areas among the plurality of buffers in accordance with data storage states of the plurality of buffers, and a time division multiplexing part multiplexing the data read from the plurality of buffers in time division multiplexing for transmission.

Abstract: A communication node comprises a backplane transmission circuit capable of accomplishing transmission of a signal between communication units installed in a plurality of slots and a signal waveform control unit for controlling a waveform of the signal in accordance with a transmission distance of the signal between the communication units in the backplane transmission circuit. This arrangement achieves stable fast backplane transmission of a main signal without increasing the degree of parallelism for the main signal, thus realizing a high-extensibility small-sized communication node capable of dealing with as a very-high large-capacity bit rate as 40 Gbps, 160 Gbps or a bit rate exceeding these values.