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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
An GE, Plano, TX (US);
Maher Ali, Richardson, TX (US);
Girish Chiruvolu, Plano, TX (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A bridged network system (). The system comprises at least one network server (NS) for receiving and responding to authentication session requests. The system also comprises a plurality of bridge nodes (BRN). Each bridge node in the plurality of bridge nodes is connected to communicate with at least one other neighboring bridge node in the plurality of nodes, and each bridge node comprises at least one port (BP), circuitry for communicating with at least one of either another bridge node in the plurality of nodes or the at least one network server, and circuitry for limiting () a number of authentication sessions active at a same time through the at least one port. The system also comprises a central resource (e.g., BRN). The central resource comprises circuitry for directing () the circuitry for limiting, for at least two bridge nodes in the plurality of bridge nodes, in response to a number of authentication sessions active at a same time through two or more bridge nodes in the plurality of bridge nodes.