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Network with several subnetworks

  • US 8,594,106 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2011
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A network comprising:

  • a plurality of subnetworks, each of said subnetworks including a plurality of terminals,wherein at least one of the terminals operates as a bridge terminal between two of said plurality of subnetworks, wherein communication from a first subnetwork to a second subnetwork through said bridge terminal is halted during a predetermined period of time during which said bridge terminal is not available to said first subnetwork, andone of said plurality of terminals is selected as a proxy terminal, by the bridge terminal, to receive and store data directed to said unavailable bridge terminal and forward said collected data to said bridge terminal after said predetermined period of time elapses as said bridge terminal is again available to said first subnetwork.

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