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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Dae Ub Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sang Min Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong Dong Ryoo, Daejeon, KR;
Jea Hoon Yu, Daejeon, KR;
Tae Whan Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Dae Ub Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sang Min Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong Dong Ryoo, Daejeon, KR;
Jea Hoon Yu, Daejeon, KR;
Tae Whan Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A method for managing an Ethernet ring network of a VLAN-based bridge is provided that includes: registering a major-ring VLAN ID (VID) in a ring port filtering database of a ring protection link owner node in accordance with a request for registering the major ring VID from an Ethernet Ring Protection controller mounted on the ring protection link owner node of a major ring; delivering, by the ring protection link owner node, a VID registration message to other nodes which belong to the major ring through a ring port; receiving the VID registration message through the ring port and registering the major ring VID in a ring port filtering database of each node itself, by each node belonging to the major ring; and delivering, by each node belonging to the major ring, the VID registration message to other nodes belonging to the major ring through the ring port.