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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:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean Guezou, Lannion, FR;
Jean Lassaux, Lannion, FR;
Assignee:
Societe Dite Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 161 ; 340827 ;
Abstract
A device for connecting a station to a local area network comprising at least one ring includes switching arrangements associated with circuits for regenerating a signal in order to bypass a station when it is out of service and compensate the attenuation and phase jitter caused by the upstream ring segment. This device enables any number of stations to be taken out of service without seriously degrading operation of a ring. The device is usable in local area networks comprising one or more high-speed (125 Mbauds) rings.