Routing system to interconnect local area networks
Patent 5088090 Issued on February 11, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 31, 2010. 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.
January 31, 2010. 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 ReferencesRouting architecture for a multi-ring local area network Interconnection of communications networks Communications circuit having an interface for external address decoding Group address translation through a network bridge Patent #: 4933938 InventorApplicationNo. 472904 filed on 01/31/1990US Classes:370/402, Bridge between bus systems370/256, Spanning tree370/408, Nodes interconnected in hierarchy to form a tree370/465AdaptiveExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Ton, Dang Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04J 003/24AbstractA transmission system transmits data among interconnected local area networks using a bridge coupled between local area networks which senses whether the data originating node transmitted the data using transparent routing or source routing. The bridges provide interconnection at the MAC-layer and based upon information contained in the MAC-layer header, automatically perform either transparent routing or source routing, depending upon the type of routing used by the data originating node. In addition, the bridge provides source routing over multiple wide area channels to those nodes which use source routing. | |
