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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kian-Bon K Sy, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 88 ; 371 37 ; 370 89 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for protecting the integrity of data in a multi-loop communication network is disclosed. A source station generates and forwards a frame with a unique format and a frame check sequence (FCS). At each bridge, an algorithm is provided to process the frame. If the frame is at a source bridge and not discarded, the FCS is preserved by encapsulating it in the Information field. The source bridge generates a new FCS, appends it to the frame and forwards the frame. Thereafter, each intermediate bridge generates its own FCS, appends it to the frame and forwards the frame. At the target bridge, no FCS is generated. The preserved FCS is forwarded as the FCS of the frame.