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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur T Bennett, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370401 ; 370465 ; 370501 ;
Abstract
A network (10) includes an adaptive repeater (12) that can service data devices at different data rates. Data devices (18, 20, 22) couple to ports (34) of the adaptive repeater (12), and operate at a first rate in a first domain (14). Data devices (26, 28, 30) also couple to ports (34) of adaptive repeater (12) and operate at a second rate in a second domain (16). Repeaters (24, 32) and bridges (40, 42) may also couple to the adaptive repeater (12).