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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Michael L. Baker, Perkasie, PA (US);
Alexander Chernoguzov, Warrington, PA (US);
Paul Gerhart, North Wales, PA (US);
W. Russell Massey, Jr., Levittown, PA (US);
Michael L. Baker, Perkasie, PA (US);
Alexander Chernoguzov, Warrington, PA (US);
Paul Gerhart, North Wales, PA (US);
W. Russell Massey, Jr., Levittown, PA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A gateway is used to segment a network, such as a FAULT TOLERANT ETHERNET (FTE) network, into islands. The gateway receives traffic from a first island, forwards part of the traffic to a second island, and blocks another part of the traffic from being forwarded to the second island. The forwarded traffic could include unicast traffic. The blocked traffic could include broadcast or multicast traffic, including diagnostic messages from one or more nodes in the first island.