Exposing a bridged network as a single virtual segment

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2005-06-29

2009-11-10

Moe, Aung S (Department: 2416)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S392000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07616633

ABSTRACT:
A software network bridge which allows connected network segments to be presented as a single network unit to the host computer. The software bridge can be implemented as an intermediate network driver, abstracting multiple network segments into a single network interface for higher level protocols and applications. The intermediate network driver can simultaneously send the same data packet through multiple network interfaces by creating multiple packet descriptors, each pointing to the same data, but each given individually to the underlying network interfaces to control during their transmission.

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