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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1999
Carson Stuart, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Kevin R. Lingle, Knightdale, NC (US);
Claude Alan Cartee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric Decker, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
David A. Carroll, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey W. Kidd, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Kara J. Adams, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kenneth H. Potter, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Randall G. Campbell, Durham, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A distributed token ring (TR) bridge has a logical switch fabric that is distributed over a TR switching network of switches interconnected by trunk links. The distributed TR bridge includes a plurality of TR switches, each having a Bridge Relay Function (BRF) logically coupled to at least one Concentrator Relay Function (CRF). Distribution of the switch fabric essentially comprises logically distributing the BRF function among the network of switches.