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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Bijendra Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Maitreya Mukhopadhyay, Allen, TX (US);
D. Michael Colven, Dallas, TX (US);
Albert Smith, Richardson, TX (US);
Bijendra Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Maitreya Mukhopadhyay, Allen, TX (US);
D. Michael Colven, Dallas, TX (US);
Albert Smith, Richardson, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A network element coupled to a communication network is described. The network element includes multiple switching units. The switching units may be configured to independently implement a Spanning Tree Protocol (xSTP) processing in a completely distributed manner including each of the switching units independently calculating an external spanning tree for the network element in the communication network. The network element may act as a single bridge to other network elements in a bridging domain of the communication network.