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Abstract

In a home bus system in which a multiplicity of networks each having a multiplicity of appliances connected thereto are connected one another, information is easily exchanged between appliances over different networks. An address configuration that is processed in application software and communication middleware has a network ID and a network appliance ID. On each network, there is provided a particular router having information about all the connections of other networks than the each network. Under this configuration, an appliance transmits a message directed to another network, only to a particular router and the particular router establishes an appropriate route for transmission, as considering the actual states of the networks.

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