Method and system for the simplification of leaf-limited bridges
US6286067A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of address management in a net having a plurality of buses linked by a plurality of bus bridges where the net has only one branch bus with multiple bus bridges. A local identification address is assigned to each node on a branch bus and a bus number is assigned to each bus other than the branch bus. The bus number includes a common base and the local identification address for the node having a portal that connects to that bus.
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