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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan van Tienen, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Tom De Brouwer, Breda, NL;
Marcel Versteeg, Papendrecht, NL;
Marc Smaak, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/705 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/755 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides for a method for running a computer network and such a computer network. The computer network comprises a number of devices being arranged in a stable daisy-chained loop, wherein each device comprises a bridge having at least three ports, whereby during running the computer network each device can take different states to avoid a loop, and whereby in case of rebooting the ports of at least one of the devices keep their current port states.