Patent ID: 6658017
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A communication network comprising a plurality of node devices, wherein each node device of said plurality of node devices comprises:a plurality of buffers for storing information of a signal received from a respective input channel of a plurality of input channels; and a switching means for altering an output channel of a plurality of output channels connected to each buffer of said plurality of buffers in accordance with a predetermined pattern in order; wherein, a first node device of said plurality of node devices further comprises: a receiving means for receiving predetermined information output from another of the plurality of node devices; and a control means for controlling in order to deviate a timing when a a first buffer from among said plurality of buffers of an adjacent node device is connected to a first output channel from among said plurality of output channels by said switching means of the adjacent node device, from the timing when the first buffer from among said plurality of buffers of the first node device is connected to the first output channel from among said plurality of output channels by said switching means of the first node device, in accordance with the predetermined information received by said receiving means.