Patent ID: 8300535
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of modules are connected in a ring shape via a bus and each module processes a packet flowing in a single direction on the ring in a predetermined order, wherein the module includes: a communication unit configured to transmit a packet which is received from a first direction in the ring via the bus to a second direction therein; a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a packet from among the packets received from the first direction as a processing packet to be processed by the module; and a processing unit which is connected with the communication unit one by one and configured to process the processing packet discriminated by the discrimination unit, wherein the communication unit transmits the packet processed by the processing unit at an interval equivalent to processing time or more for a processing packet processed by a module in a latter stage in the predetermined order among a plurality of packets which is transmitted by the communication unit to the second direction.