DE69731936T2 - Netzwerkkoppelfeld mit Mehrfachbusarchitektur - Google Patents

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DE69731936T2
DE69731936T2 DE69731936T DE69731936T DE69731936T2 DE 69731936 T2 DE69731936 T2 DE 69731936T2 DE 69731936 T DE69731936 T DE 69731936T DE 69731936 T DE69731936 T DE 69731936T DE 69731936 T2 DE69731936 T2 DE 69731936T2
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William J. Houston Walker
Gary B. Spring Kotzur
Patricia E. Houston Hareski
Dale J. Houston Mayer
Michael L. Tomball Witkowski
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/35Switches specially adapted for specific applications
    • H04L49/351Switches specially adapted for specific applications for local area network [LAN], e.g. Ethernet switches
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/20Support for services
    • H04L49/201Multicast operation; Broadcast operation
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/20Support for services
    • H04L49/205Quality of Service based
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/25Routing or path finding in a switch fabric
    • H04L49/253Routing or path finding in a switch fabric using establishment or release of connections between ports
    • H04L49/254Centralised controller, i.e. arbitration or scheduling
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S370/00Multiplex communications
    • Y10S370/908Local area network
    • Y10S370/911Bridge, e.g. brouter, bus extender

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DE69731936T 1996-12-30 1997-12-30 Netzwerkkoppelfeld mit Mehrfachbusarchitektur Expired - Lifetime DE69731936T2 (de)

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US08/774,605 US6260073B1 (en) 1996-12-30 1996-12-30 Network switch including a switch manager for periodically polling the network ports to determine their status and controlling the flow of data between ports

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