Inter-network bridge connector provided for dynamically prioritizing frame transmission adaptive to current network transmission-state
US6205486A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/66
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a dynamically-adaptive connector-bridge for receiving data frames from a source-network and transmitting the data frame to a destination-network including a plurality of host-computers for receiving the data frames. The connector-bridge includes a data-frame converter for converting the data frames into corresponding destination-network-data-frames suitable for transmission in the destination network. The bridge-connector further includes a dynamic-dispatching means for receiving the destination-network-data-frames for determining a frame-type, a byte-length, and a set of destination-host-computers on the destination-network, and the dynamic-dispatching means employing the frame type, the byte-length, the set of destination-host computers, and a current-data-transmission-state of the destination-network to dynamically prioritize the destination-network-data-frames for dispatching each of the destination-network-data-frames to the set of destination-host-computers.
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