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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1986
Steven R Koch, Seabrook, MD (US);
Charles R Stein, Schenectady, NY (US);
William T Hatfield, Schenectady, NY (US);
Neil R Shapiro, Schenectady, NY (US);
William C Hughes, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for bridging between two local area networks is disclosed. The apparatus has two bridge sides each including means for receiving or transmitting a message frame, controller means for directing an incoming message frame into a memory means shared between the bridge sides or directing a frame out of the memory means for transmission, address reading means for reading an address portion of the incoming frame and processor means for determining frame transmissibility from the address portion as provided by the address reading means. The apparatus is configured such that the processor means determines incoming frame transmissibility substantially concurrent with the controller means directing the incoming frame into the memory means.