Conversion technique for routing frames in a source route bridge

Details Conversion technique for routing frames in a source route bridge Conversion technique for routing frames in a source route bridge

1995-12-21

1999-03-16

Maung, Zarni

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

39520072, 370351, H04L 1246

Patent

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058840435

ABSTRACT:
A conversion technique efficiently discovers an optimal path from a source station to a destination station over a computer network. The technique involves converting an explorer frame to a specifically-routed frame at a bridge interconnecting the source's local subnetwork to other subnetworks of the computer network. Such conversion is made possible by providing routing information, comprising at least global topological information, to the bridge. Armed with the routing information, the bridge computes the optimal path and forwards the converted frame to the destination over that path.

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