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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Calvin Baucom, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Wynona Persephone Jacobs, Cary, NC (US);
Colin Michael Winegarden, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 1/228 ; H01L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 1/228 ; H01L 1/256 ;
Abstract
Counters are implemented within a bridge device so that adequate forwarding and transmission statistics can be monitored. The counting of frame discards as a result of ingress and egress rules implemented within the bridge are utilized within the IEEE 802.IQ VLAN bridge model to calculate the number of frames forwarded and the number of frames transmitted.