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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Hiroya Ohnishi, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroya Ohnishi, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A port management tablewhich stores connectable terminal information indicating an upper limit value of the number of terminals connectable to each port A, B and C is provided in a MAC bridge. When address retrieving meansof an address learning sectionreceives packet information Hi at the ports A, B and C from terminals of a network, the address retrieving meansretrieves the port management table. When the upper limit number is satisfied, register number addition/subtractionadds/subtracts the number na of registrations, and writes a transmission origin address of packet information received by address table updating meansin an address table