Bridge apparatus and bridge method

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2003-08-28

2008-03-18

Phan, Man U. (Department: 2619)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S392000, C370S412000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07346065

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a bridge apparatus for the relay of a frame between a wire LAN and a wireless LAN. When a frame transmitted by the wire LAN is a specific frame, a QoS middleware unit of the bridge apparatus adds a bridging request to an FIFO queue having a high priority. And when the frame received from the wire LAN is not a specific frame, the QoS middleware unit adds a bridging request to an FIFO queue having a low priority. A bridging unit performs the priority processing for the bridging request present in the FIFO queue having a high priority, and transmits the frame to the wireless LAN.

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