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Method and apparatus for identifying port/station relationships in a network

  • US 5,319,644 A
  • Filed: 08/21/1992
  • Issued: 06/07/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a network having stations coupled through a network concentrator, said network concentrator having a plurality of host modules, each host module defining a plurality of ports, said ports for coupling one or more stations to said network concentrator, a method for identifying stations coupled to a port, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a) generating a station map of all the stations coupled to said network concentrator;

    b) generating a port map of ports to which stations are coupled;

    c) generating an exit station map which identifies an exit station for each of said ports in said port map, said exit station being a station which transmits data into a corresponding port;

    d) for a first port to which stations are coupled, identifying an immediately upstream port to which stations are coupled from said port map;

    e) identifying an exit station for said first port and an exit station for said immediately upstream port from said exit station map; and

    f) identifying stations between said exit station for said immediately upstream port and said exit station for said first port from said station map, wherein said identified stations are coupled to said first port.

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