Dual ring reconfiguration switching unit
US5383191A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/437
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multiport access and reconfiguration unit for use in a dual token ring network is provided with three adapters and, depending on error conditions, can assume one of a plurality of recovery states in which a reconfigured single network is formed and at least one state in which an isolated single ring is formed in addition to the reconfigured ring.
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