Automatic association of local area network station addresses wi

Details Automatic association of local area network station addresses wi Automatic association of local area network station addresses wi

1991-04-08

1993-01-12

Olms, Douglas W.

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

370 92, 370 97, H04L 1246

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051795540

ABSTRACT:
Automatic tracking of the topology of an extended local area network by augmenting a station address list kept by a bridge with a list of repeater numbers and repeater port numbers. The bridge periodically iterates through its list of stations to select a station address. The selected address table is forwarded to all of the repeaters connected to the bridge. The repeaters watch for the selected address appearing as a source address in a message on one of their ports. If the address is seen, they report the repeater port number back to the bridge. Because the repeaters are interconnected such that a predetermined port number is always used as the common port between repeaters, any possible ambiguities are eliminated.

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International Publication WO 90/16026 to Craven, published Dec. 27, 1990.

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