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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Migaku Ota, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Miyata, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Kimura, Fujisawa, JP;
Jun Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Migaku Ota, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Miyata, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Kimura, Fujisawa, JP;
Jun Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A frame forwarding apparatus is provided with a frame forwarding processing unit for converting a VLAN ID of a frame received from one subscriber terminal into a group VLAN ID and converting a group VLAN ID of a frame received from an ISP router into a subscriber VLAN ID, by referring to a VLAN bundling table. Each of the entries in the bundling table defines subscriber side line information including a line number of a physical line connected to one of the subscriber terminals and a subscriber VLAN ID, in association with a MAC address of the subscriber terminal and ISP router side line information including a line number of a physical line connected to the ISP router and a group VLAN ID.