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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Arie Johannes DE Heer, Hengelo, NL;
Ronald DE Man, Den Haag, NL;
Inventors:
Arie Johannes de Heer, Hengelo, NL;
Ronald de Man, Den Haag, NL;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for adapting the switching process of a bridge to partition the bridge ports into a plurality of port subsets such that the bridge operates on each of the port subsets in an independent manner.