Patent ID: 7756941
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus operatively coupled to a single network having a defined network protocol and serving as a dominating node, said communication apparatus comprising: a layered structure specified by the network protocol, said layered structure including: at least a first lower layer, said first lower layer having a first register and a communication section that communicates signals with another node and a specific dominated node that are each operatively coupled to the single network via said network protocol, said specific dominated node includes only a lower layer; a first upper layer, said first upper layer manages the first lower layer, said first upper layer including: a first generating device that generates the first control signal, and a first writing device that writes the first control signal in the first register to control the operation of the first lower layer, wherein the operation of the first lower layer is controlled by a first control signal stored in the first register; and a second upper layer, said second upper layer including: a second generating device that generates a second control signal for controlling a lower layer of the specific dominated node, and a second writing device that writes the second control signal to said second register of the lower layer of the specific dominated node via the network, wherein said another node transmits, to the communication section of the first lower layer, a first instruction and a second instruction, said first and second instructions conform with an upper layer protocol of the network protocol of the single network, wherein said first generating device generates said first control signal in accordance with the first instruction received from said another node, wherein said second generating device generates said second control signal in accordance with the second instruction received from said another node, and wherein the communication apparatus operate as a proxy of the specific dominated node.