Token star bridge

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1993-12-02

1995-08-22

Safourek, Benedict V.

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

370 855, 370 8514, H04L 12417

Patent

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054446929

ABSTRACT:
The invention includes a bridge having n ports (n>1), each port being connected to a Token-Ring physical segment, each physical segment having one native Token-Ring workstation attached. The bridge to the workstations a single Token-Ring logical segment with a single Active Monitor and a single Ring Number. The invention includes a centralized medium access control (MAC) function inside a centralized processor instead of a MAC function implemented at each port of the bridge; the frame handling function, due to the fixed and limited configuration (same bridge Active Monitor seen by all connected stations), does not require a multi-port bridge function, but a simpler switch function between ports. Bridge clocking is also simplified, and a cost effective unshield twisted pair (UTP) retiming solution is presented.

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patent: 4539679 (1985-09-01), Bux et al.
patent: 4933938 (1990-06-01), Sheehy
patent: 5241540 (1993-08-01), Ocheltree
patent: 5313618 (1994-05-01), Pawloski

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