Patent ID: 6215794
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
A multiple band change-over method for a multiplex communication equipment in a multiplex communication system having a plurality of multiplex communication equipment connected to each other by means of an exclusive line within a network, the method comprising the steps of:providing the multiplex communication equipment with a plurality of structure information for setting content of allotting predetermined bands in the exclusive line, the structure information corresponding to allocation of each of the predetermined bands to a particular type of communication within said each of the predetermined bands, andchanging, by the multiplex communication equipment, structure information corresponding to a change-over set time when reaching the change-over set time on a basis of the previous-set schedule for setting the change-over set time,wherein the multiplex communication equipment allots each of the predetermined bands in the exclusive line on the basis of the changed structure information, andwherein the multiplex communication equipment regulates a sending operation for sending information over the exclusive line in a period starting from a fixed time before the change-over set time and ending at the the change-over set time.