Patent ID: 9692636
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A relay system including a plurality of relay devices constituting a ring network, each of the plurality of relay devices comprising: a first port and a second port which are connected to the ring network; a relay path for relaying a frame between the first port and the second port; a first monitoring point and a second monitoring point provided on a side close to the second port on the relay path; and a ring control unit which controls the ring network, wherein the first monitoring point monitors continuity between itself and the second monitoring point of a first different device via the relay path of its own device by using a CCM frame based on Ethernet OAM, and wherein the second monitoring point monitors continuity between itself and the first monitoring point of a second different device via the relay path of the second different device by using the CCM frame wherein at least one of the plurality of relay devices includes: wherein the first monitoring point generates a first CCM frame addressed to the second monitoring point of the first different device and transmits the first CCM frame to the fabric path unit, and the first CCM frame is transmitted from the fabric path unit to the first ort of the first line card and is transmitted from the first s ort to the first different device, wherein a second CCM frame transmitted by the first different device is received by the first port of the first line card, and the second CCM frame is transmitted from the first port through the fabric path unit to the first monitoring point, wherein the second monitoring point generates a third CCM frame addressed to the first monitoring point of the second different device and transmits the third CCM frame to the second port, and the third CCM frame is transmitted from the second port to the second different device, and wherein a fourth CCM frame transmitted by the second different device is received by the second port, and the fourth CCM frame is transmitted from the second port to the second monitoring point.