H - Electricity – 04 – L
Patent
H - Electricity
04
L
344/24, 340/84
H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1251839
ROUTING ARCHITECTURE FOR A MULTI-RING LOCAL AREA NETWORK ABSTRACT The architecture provides a frame format and procedure for routing messages through a single ring or multi-ring communication system. Stations associated with the exchange of messages are located on the single ring or on different rings of the multi-ring communication system. The rings are connected by bridges to form a physical local area network. The frame format includes a plurality of control bits positioned within a Routing Information (RI) field, a frame control field and a frame status field. Messages are generated and structured in accordance with the frame format. A group of the control bits, in each message, is set with initial values according to the message type. Thus, different messages are characterized by a different sequence of control bit settings. A routing algorithm analyzes the message and depending on the status of the control bits, the message is processed and ultimately switched to its proper destination.
478639
Barrett B.p.
International Business Machines Corporation
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