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Token ring bridge distributed in a switched fabric

  • US 6,563,832 B1
  • Filed: 03/10/1999
  • Issued: 05/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A distributed token ring (TR) bridge comprising:

  • at least one trunk link;

    a plurality of switches coupled to the trunk link, each switch including (i) token ring port interface circuitry organized as at least one Concentrator Relay Function (CRF) to connect to a plurality of token ring local area networks and (ii) trunk interface circuitry interconnected between the port interface circuitry and the trunk link, the interconnected trunk interface circuitry further organized as a Bridge Relay Function (BRF) that is distributed among the plurality of switches to create a single logical switch fabric to interconnect token ring local area networks.

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