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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee F Horney, II, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Allan W Laird, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Gerald L McKenna, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Dany M Zeidan, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370401 ; 370466 ; 39520002 ; 395500 ;
Abstract
A bridging apparatus facilitates communication between processors across networks having incompatible protocols and linking the processors. The bridging apparatus interfaces each processor to a respective incompatible network, and processes data in two-way communication across the interfaces for conversion from one incompatible protocol to another.