Buffered repeater with independent ethernet collision domains
US6097705A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/506
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A repeater device for forwarding a data packet from a first Ethernet collision domain to a second Ethernet collision domain has a plurality of ports, each port for connection to an independent Ethernet collision domain, each port has an associated receive buffer and an associated transmit buffer, and there is a means for forwarding a data packet from the receive buffer of a receiving port to the transmit buffer of a transmitting port. A data packet received at the receiving port is then first stored in that port's the receive buffer, is forwarded to the transmit buffer of the transmitting port, and is then transmitted from the transmit buffer by the transmitting port.
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