Patent ID: 10063465

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a network system or the like in which the construction cost of a network for a plurality of control systems is suppressed which is excellent in resistance to a network failure. In order to solve the problems, according to the present invention, there is provided a network system including a plurality of communication devices that are disposed in a plurality of bases, and are grouped into predetermined control systems for each of the devices which transmit and receive packets to and from each other so as to monitor or control target equipment, and a plurality of relay devices each of which includes a plurality of communication ports and transmits a packet transmitted by the communication device to another communication device, in which a plurality of communication devices disposed in each base are connected in parallel between the two relay devices, the relay devices disposed in different bases are connected to each other in a ring shape via a network, and a plurality of communication devices disposed in at least one base include communication devices belonging to different control systems.