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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Rolland Mitchell Koch, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel Bailey Hiranandani, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William Stuart Sechrist, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Rolland Mitchell Koch, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel Bailey Hiranandani, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William Stuart Sechrist, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Aerovironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Abstract
A packet-switched, fault-tolerant, vehicle communication internetwork () comprising port-based VLANs. Two or more VLANs are embodied where a source node () comprises two or more network interface circuits (), and where looping is precluded via specific VLAN tagging and switch ports (-, associated with at least one specific VLAN. A destination node () may feedback packets to the source node via a general VLAN tag along pathways associated with the two or more specific outgoing VLAN tags.