Inter-LAN connection apparatus and inter-LAN connection method
Patent 5151897 Issued on September 29, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: 
February 6, 2011. 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.
February 6, 2011. 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 References Re33426 Bridge circuit for interconnecting networks Interconnection of communications networks Local area network bridge Local area network bridge Network adapter for connecting local area network to backbone network Patent #: 4933937 InventorApplicationNo. 651570 filed on 02/06/1991US Classes:370/401Bridge or gateway between networksExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Blum, Russell W. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04J 003/08Foreign Application Priority Data1990-03-20 JPAbstractAn inter-LAN connection apparatus and a method for increasing the speed of communication and to expand the network. The inter-LAN connection apparatus has a plurality of ports corresponding to a plurality of LANs, respectively, and a common unit that is commonly connected to the ports. Each of the ports receives a frame supplied from the corresponding LAN, aborts the frame when the destination picked up from the received frame exists in the LAN that is the source of transmission, transfers the frame to the common unit when the destination exists in the LAN different from the LAN that is the source of transmission, and sends the frame transferred from the common unit to the LAN via a corresponding port. | |
