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Communication path control method and repeating apparatus

  • US 20010008528A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2000
  • Published: 07/19/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A communication path control method of a repeating apparatus of a layer 2 LAN, comprising the steps of:

  • a) when a received frame is a destination-unknown frame, generating and broadcasting a frame for path detection having a shortest data length using a destination address of said received frame and an address of the own apparatus; and

    b) when receiving a responding frame returned from a repeating apparatus having found the destination for said frame for path detection, transmitting said received frame for a transmission source of said responding frame.

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