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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ygdal Naouri, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Avaya Communication Israel Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ;
Abstract
A method of distributing a broadcast frame within a network. The method includes receiving the broadcast frame in a bridging-device of the network through a receiving port and forwarding the frame to a group of bridging-devices selected responsive to whether the receiving port is an internal port which leads to bridging-devices included in a common cluster with the receiving bridging-device.