Patent ID: 8667077
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A transmission device comprising: a first interface unit to receive data of a plurality of first paths which have been transmitted corresponding to a first data stream and outputting the data per path; a second interface unit to receive data of a plurality of second paths which have been transmitted corresponding to the first data stream and outputting the data per path; a switch unit to input the data which has been output from the first interface unit and the data which has been output from the second interface unit and select and output the data from the first interface unit or the data from the second interface unit per path; a phase detection unit to detect and output a phase difference among the paths of the data which has been output from the switch unit; and a control unit to control the switch unit based on the phase difference, wherein the control unit compares the phase difference with a threshold value, and when the phase difference is larger than the threshold value, controls the switch unit to select the data output on the paths from the plurality of first paths or the plurality of second paths so that a differential delay decreases, wherein correspondence of the first data stream with the plurality of first paths and correspondence of the first data stream with the plurality of second paths are made on the basis of VCAT (Virtual Concatenation), and the phase difference is detected on the basis of a position of an overhead of a data frame, the phase difference detection is one of a maximum delay reference judgment and a minimum delay reference judgment, when the phase difference is not improved based on a switching according to the one of the maximum delay reference judgment and the minimum delay reference judgment, switching according to the other of the maximum delay reference judgment and a minimum delay reference judgment is performed to decrease the differential delay.