Communication Control Device Sectioned Failure Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
In distributed communication control systems, long distances between communication devices and control devices for failure recovery lead to increased communication delays, resulting in prolonged times to address failures when the control device is distant from the failure site.
Innovation Solution
The communication control device divides the communication network into sections, with a control device assigned for failure recovery in each section, allowing for quicker detection and response to failures by reducing the distance between the failure site and the control device responsible for recovery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If a single control device is used for failure recovery in a distributed communication control system, then the device complexity is reduced, but the time required to cope with failures increases due to long communication distances
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the communication network into multiple sections, with each section having a designated control device for failure recovery. This segmentation reduces the communication distance between the control device and failure sites, thereby reducing the time required to cope with failures while distributing the control functionality across multiple devices
2Loss of time
If control devices are placed far from failure sites to cover larger areas, then the device complexity is reduced, but the communication delay increases resulting in prolonged failure response time
Solution Approach 1:
The invention assigns different control devices to different sections of the network based on their proximity to potential failure sites. Each control device is optimized for its local section, ensuring minimal communication delay for failures in that section while maintaining overall system coverage through the distributed structure
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AI summary
There is provided a communication control device for controlling a communication device on a communication network, the communication control device including: a memory; a processor coupled with the memory and configured to: divide a route for a communication with the communication device into a plurality of sections; determine a communication control device for a failure recovery in a section of the plurality of sections, the communication control device for the failure recovery restoring a failure in the section of the plurality of sections; specify a section of the plurality of sections where the failure occurs when the failure is detected on the route; transmit failure information to the communication control device for the failure recovery corresponding to the section specified; and set a detour to the failure in the section, based on the failure information.