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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Guoliang Wu, Plano, TX (US);
Srinivas Vunnava, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas K. Brown, Plano, TX (US);
David M. Colven, Plano, TX (US);
Guoliang Wu, Plano, TX (US);
Srinivas Vunnava, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas K. Brown, Plano, TX (US);
David M. Colven, Plano, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for bridging traffic over a network includes receiving, at stations that are coupled to the network, forwarding information for remote devices that are coupled to the network via the stations. The forwarding information associates a remote address of each remote device with an address of one of the stations. Each station that receives the forwarding information stores the forwarding information in a forwarding database. The method also includes receiving traffic at a first station from a first remote device that is coupled to the first station. The traffic includes a destination address that is a remote address of a second remote device that is coupled to a second station of the network. Furthermore, the method includes identifying an address of the second station that is associated with the remote address of the second remote device in the forwarding database. The method also includes communicating the traffic directly to the second station using the identified address.