TRANSMITTER AND CONTROL INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD

摘要

A transmitter includes: a receiving unit to receive apparatus identification information that identifies transmitter and path identification information that identifies a data transfer path from another transmitter coupled to a local apparatus; a comparing unit to compare a value indicating an address assigned to the another transmitter to a value indicating an address assigned to the local apparatus; and a configuring unit to configure the local apparatus with apparatus identification information and path identification information determined by the local apparatus, or apparatus identification information and path identification information included in a frame received by the receiving unit, based on comparison results by the comparing unit.