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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2001
Method and network for interconnecting separate multicast channels acquired for separate bus systems
Johji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Morihisa Momona, Tokyo, JP;
Johji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Morihisa Momona, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a communication network where multiple bus systems are interconnected by a bus bridge, a first node attached to a first bus system acquires a first channel for transmission of packets to a first multicast address and broadcasts a first message pertaining to the first channel and the first multicast address. A second node attached to a second bus system acquires a second channel for transmission of packets to a second multicast address and broadcasts a second message pertaining to the second channel and the second multicast address. In response to receipt of the first and second messages, the bus bridge establishes a connection between two channels respectively identified by the received messages if the multicast addresses contained in the received messages are equal to each other.