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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2001
Applicants:
Gerd Spalink, Stuttgart, DE;
Gralf Gaedeken, Weinsberg, DE;
Peter Buchner, Kirchheim Teck, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interface link layer device for use in a network having a first sub-network having one or more nodes, a second sub-network having one or more nodes and a long delay link via which the first and second sub-networks are connected. The interface link layer device configured to simulate time critical self-ID packets to be effected on the first sub-network based on received information about one or more nodes local to the second sub-network.