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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2021
Telia Company Ab, Solna, SE;
Babak Tamizkar, Stockholm, SE;
TELIA COMPANY AB, Solna, SE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for managing a MAC address table by a network node, the method including: defining a first running time and a second running time for a timer; and the method further including: receiving a frame; applying the first running time in the timer defined for a source of the received frame in response to a detection that an address of a destination missing in the MAC address table; and applying a second running time in the timer for MAC address of the source of the received frame and in the timer for the MAC address of the destination in response to a detection that the address of the destination is present in the MAC address table. Also disclosed is a network node, a computer program product and a communication system.