US5465348A — Trouble diagnosis system of UPC circuit

Claim 1

Independent Claim 192 words

A UPC circuit fault diagnosis system for controlling traffic of a cell on the basis of prescribed information about the cell which is one type of fixed-length packet in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), the system comprising: a main system UPC circuit (W) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value and performing a determination of whether or not m kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said m kinds of cells flowing along a transfer path; a standby system UPC circuit (P) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value and performing a determination of whether or not n kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said n kinds of cells flowing along the transfer path; each circuit including judgement means for determining the amount of traffic of cells of one or more kinds which is flowing along the transfer path; and comparison means for comparing results of said judgement means of two UPC circuits and performing fault diagnosis of each UPC circuit.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 192 words

A UPC circuit fault diagnosis system for controlling traffic of a cell on the basis of prescribed information about the cell which is one type of fixed-length packet in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), the system comprising: a main system UPC circuit (W) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value and performing a determination of whether or not m kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said m kinds of cells flowing along a transfer path; a standby system UPC circuit (P) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value and performing a determination of whether or not n kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said n kinds of cells flowing along the transfer path; each circuit including judgement means for determining the amount of traffic of cells of one or more kinds which is flowing along the transfer path; and comparison means for comparing results of said judgement means of two UPC circuits and performing fault diagnosis of each UPC circuit.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 72 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising m number of such main system UPC circuits (5 w1 -5 wm ) as said main system UPC circuit and having a single traffic measurement means for measuring traffic of said cells, and n number of such standby system UPC circuits (5 p1 -5 pn ) as said standby system UPC circuit and having a single traffic measurement means.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 47 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main system UPC circuit (6 Aw) has m number of traffic measurement means, and further comprising n number of standby system UPC circuits (5 p1 -5 pn ) having a single traffic measurement means.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 53 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising i number (where i≦1) of standby system UPC circuits (6 p1 -6 pn ) having a n 1 -n n number of traffic measurement means, and wherein said main system UPC circuit (6Aw) has m number of traffic measurement means.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 34 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main UPC circuit has m number of main system traffic measurement means and n number of standby system traffic measurement means.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 56 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main system UPC circuit and said standby system UPC circuit each includes traffic measurement means and wherein at least one of said main system UPC circuit (W) and said standby system UPC circuit (P) is configured so that functions thereof can be interchanged.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 55 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said main system UPC circuit (W) performs by k traffic measurement means usage parameter control of k kinds of cells, k being smaller than m, and the remaining 1 to m-k number of traffic measurement means function as standby system UPC circuits (P).

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 35 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for switching to said standby system UPC circuit (P) when a fault is detected in said main system UPC circuit (W).

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 50 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main system UPC circuit (W) and said standby system UPC circuit (P) include traffic measurement means and are configured so that when specified, a used status or an unused status is given to each traffic measurement means.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 47 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main system UPC circuit (W) and said standby system UPC circuit (P) include traffic measurement means and are configured so that an object cell can be changed with respect to each traffic measurement means.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 28 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 10, wherein means is provided for changing an object cell of said standby system UPC circuit (P) periodically.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 43 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 10, wherein changing an object cell of said standby system UPC circuit (P) is performed in accordance with information of a control table having information for selection of a standby system UPC circuit.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 35 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the same information in said systems is compared and a place of a fault in any UPC circuit is isolated by majority processing.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 199 words

A UPC circuit fault diagnosis system for controlling cell traffic on the basis of prescribed information about a traffic of a cell which is one type of fixed-length packet in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), the system comprising: a main system UPC circuit (W) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value to perform a determination of whether or not m kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said m kinds of cells flowing along a transfer path; a standby system UPC circuit (P) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value to perform a determination of whether or not n kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said n kinds of cells flowing along the transfer path, each circuit including traffic measurement means for determining the traffic amount of cells of one or more kinds, which is flowing along the transfer path; and a comparison means for comparing said traffic amounts determined by said traffic measurement means of each system UPC circuit and performing fault diagnosis of each UPC circuit.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 199 words

A UPC circuit fault diagnosis system for controlling cell traffic on the basis of prescribed information about a traffic of a cell which is one type of fixed-length packet in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), the system comprising: a main system UPC circuit (W) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value to perform a determination of whether or not m kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said m kinds of cells flowing along a transfer path; a standby system UPC circuit (P) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value to perform a determination of whether or not n kinds of cells have traffic surplus in respect to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said n kinds of cells flowing along the transfer path, each circuit including traffic measurement means for determining the traffic amount of cells of one or more kinds, which is flowing along the transfer path; and a comparison means for comparing said traffic amounts determined by said traffic measurement means of each system UPC circuit and performing fault diagnosis of each UPC circuit.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 49 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 14, comprising m number of main system UPC circuits (5 w1 -5 w ) having a single traffic measurement means, and n number of standby system UPC circuits (5P 1 -5P n ) having a single traffic measurement means.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 46 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said main system UPC circuit (6Aw) has m number of traffic measurement means; and further comprising a (5P 1 -5P n ) number of standby system UPC circuits having a single traffic measurement means.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 44 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said main system UPC circuit has m number of traffic measurement means, and i number of standby system UPC circuits having a (n 1 -n n ) number of traffic measurement means.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 37 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said main system UPC circuit has m number of traffic measurement means, and said standby system UPC circuits has n number of traffic measurement means.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 39 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 14, wherein one of said main system UPC circuit (W) and said standby system UPC circuit (P) is configured so that when so specified, they function as interchangeable circuits.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 55 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said main system UPC circuit (W) performs by k traffic measurements thereof usage parameter control of k kinds of cells, k being smaller than m, and the remaining 1 to m-k number of traffic measurement means are in standby system UPC circuits (P).

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 46 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system claimed in claim 14, wherein each of said main system UPC circuit (W) and said standby system UPC circuit (P) is configured so that when specified, a used status or an unused status is given to each traffic measurement means.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 41 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system claimed in claim 14, wherein said main system UPC circuit (W) and said standby system UPC circuit (P) are configured so that an object cell can be changed with respect to each traffic measurement means.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 27 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system claimed in claim 22, wherein means is provided for changing an object cell of said standby system UPC circuit (P) periodically.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 32 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system claimed in claim 14, wherein information having the same conditions in said systems is compared and a place of the fault is isolated by majority processing.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 42 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system claimed in claim 20, wherein changing an object cell of said standby system UPC circuit (P) is performed in accordance with information of a control table having information for selection of a standby system UPC system.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 24 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system claimed in claim 25, wherein information of said control table is configured so that it can be changed.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 42 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis system as claimed in claim 26, wherein when there is a detection of a fault in said main system UPC circuit (W) said main system UPC circuit (W) is switched to a standby system UPC circuit (P).

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 229 words

A UPC circuit fault diagnosis apparatus for controlling cell traffic on the basis of prescribed information about a traffic of a cell which is one kind of fixed-length packet in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) method, the apparatus comprising: a main system UPC circuit (W) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value as the basis to perform a judgment of whether or not m kinds of cell have a traffic surplus compared to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said m kinds of cells flowing along a transfer path; a standby system UPC circuit (P) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value as the basis to perform a judgment of whether or not n kinds of cells have traffic surplus compared to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said n kinds of cells flowing along the transfer path; q number of bridge memories (4 1 -4 n ) for storing predetermined information for an arriving cell in a time sequence; a comparison means for comparing contents of said bridge memories (4 1 -4 n ) in two or more systems and outputting a result of comparison; and a bridge memory diagnosis means for using said comparison results output from said comparison means to perform fault diagnosis for said bridge memories (4 1 -4 n ).

Claim 31

Dependent Claim 229 words

A UPC circuit fault diagnosis apparatus for controlling cell traffic on the basis of prescribed information about a traffic of a cell which is one kind of fixed-length packet in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) method, the apparatus comprising: a main system UPC circuit (W) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value as the basis to perform a judgment of whether or not m kinds of cell have a traffic surplus compared to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said m kinds of cells flowing along a transfer path; a standby system UPC circuit (P) for performing usage parameter control, by using a predetermined value as the basis to perform a judgment of whether or not n kinds of cells have traffic surplus compared to said predetermined value, and controlling the amount of traffic of said n kinds of cells flowing along the transfer path; q number of bridge memories (4 1 -4 n ) for storing predetermined information for an arriving cell in a time sequence; a comparison means for comparing contents of said bridge memories (4 1 -4 n ) in two or more systems and outputting a result of comparison; and a bridge memory diagnosis means for using said comparison results output from said comparison means to perform fault diagnosis for said bridge memories (4 1 -4 n ).

Claim 32

Dependent Claim 42 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis apparatus as claimed in claim 28, wherein when there is detection of a fault in said main system UPC circuit (W), said main system UPC circuit (W) is switched to said standby system a UPC circuit (P).

Claim 33

Dependent Claim 34 words

The UPC circuit fault diagnosis apparatus as claimed in claim 28, wherein said information having the same conditions in said systems is compared and a place of the fault is isolated by majority processing.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1998-11-06	1999-05-08	1999-11-07	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2002-11-06	2003-05-08	2003-11-07	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2006-11-06	2007-05-08	2007-11-07	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Trouble diagnosis system of UPC circuit

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