Multipath local area network
Patent 4953162 Issued on August 28, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 28, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 28, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesFlow control mechanism for block switching nodes Distributed digital data communications network Patent #: 4399531 InventorsApplicationNo. 089549 filed on 08/26/1987US Classes:370/245, Of a local area network370/255, Using a particular learning algorithm or technique370/393Address concatenationExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Chin, Wellington Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04J 003/24H04J 003/02 AbstractA local area network which is multi-path in nature and uses many small programmed nodes interconnected by low bandwidth cables with a typical data transfer rate of 9600 BPS. Connections between pairs of devices on the network are obtained by a flooding technique at the start of communications which is performed by a network control program resident in each node. Data transmitted between devices connected to the network is packetized and routed through the network via the nodes identified by the flooding operation. Packet transmission through node output ports is buffered and multiplexed so as to reduce degradation in response time by heavy traffic monopolizing a node output port. | |
