System for supporting communications among ATM devices, device for supporting data transmission, method for sending data, and computer program product

摘要

A first communication device receives an ATM cell bound for a second ATM device from a first ATM device via an ATM interface, and then the first communication device sends a data frame including the ATM cell to the second ATM device via wide area Ethernet. In addition, the first communication device sends a synchronization frame to the second ATM device via the wide area Ethernet continuously at a predetermined time interval in accordance with a clock frequency of the first ATM device. A second communication device receives the synchronization frame and measures a clock frequency of the first ATM device in accordance with a time interval of receiving the synchronization frame so as to reproduce a clock having the same frequency as the measured clock frequency. After that, the second communication device sends the clock to the second ATM device via an ATM interface.