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Method And Apparatus For Priority-Based Load Balancing For Use In An Extended Local Area Network

总结

Bridges (10, 12, 14) Are Used To Interconnect Local Area Networks Transparently. In The Ieee 802.1D Standard For Bridges, A Spanning Tree Is Built Among The Bridges For Loop-Free Frame Forwarding (Fig. 10). Although This Approach Is Simple, It Does Not Support All-Pair Shortest Paths. A Novel Bridge Protocol Is Employed That Attempts To Find And Forward Frames Over Alternate Paths That Are Shorter Than Their Corresponding Tree Paths On The Standard Spanning Tree, And Makes Use Of The Standard Spanning Tree For Default Forwarding.; The Protocol, Referred To As The Spanning Tree Alternate Routing (Star) Bridge Protocol, Is Backward Compatible With The Ieee 802.1D Standard And Has A Complexity That Is Comparable To That Of The Standard And Other Existing Protocols And Further Includes An Ability To Prioritize The Forwarding Of Frames Over At Least Two Different Paths Responsive To A Priority Value Carried By A Frame To Be Forwarded.

附加资料

Patent Number: US6717950B2
Application Number: US2002206553A
Inventor: Lui, King Shan | Lee, Whay Chiou
Priority Date: 20 Jan 2002
Priority Number: US6717950B2
Application Date: 26 Jul 2002
Publication Date: 6 Apr 2004
IPC Current: H04L001246 | H04L001256
US Class: 370408 | 709252
Assignee Applicant: General Instrument Corporationlmington
Title: Method and apparatus for priority-based load balancing for use in an extended local area network
Usefulness: Method and apparatus for priority-based load balancing for use in an extended local area network
Summary: For interconnecting two or more LAN's for improving routing capability.
Novelty: Priority based load balancing method for an extended local area network can prioritize forwarding of frames over different paths

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信息和通信技术/电信

细分类别

电信

申请号码

US2002206553A

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香港