Patent ID: 7587472
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A resource management system, comprising: a plurality of electronic equipments classified into groups according to functions of the plurality of electronic equipment; a plurality of lower layer transmission devices with ports where said plurality of electronic equipments are operable to be connected; an upper transmission device operable to connect said plurality of lower layer transmission devices in subordinates and to relay information among said plurality of electronic equipments being connected to said plurality of lower layer transmission devices; and a resource management server operable to manage resources to be used for transmitting information between said upper transmission device and said plurality of lower layer transmission devices, the resource management server comprising: wherein said resource management server is operable to manage information of resource reservation status and information of groups of all said electronic equipments connected to said plurality of lower layer transmission devices; when said plurality of electronic equipments are newly connected to said plurality of lower layer transmission devices, each respective electronic equipment is operable to send, to said resource management server, a notice of resource reservation request and group information of the respective electronic equipment; and when said resource management server receives the notice, said resource management server is operable to set up a path in a network connecting the newly connected electronic equipments and other electronic equipments belonging to the same group that the notice indicates, and said resource management server is operable to judge if the resource reservation request according to the notice is acceptable on the path set up in the network.