Ethernet wide area network and method
US7046671B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4616
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An ethernet wide area network (10) has a number of interconnected network ethernet switches (12). A first local area network (18) has a first local area ethernet switch (16) and is connected to one (14) of the interconnected network ethernet switches (12). A second local area network (24) has a second local area ethernet switch (22) connected to a second (20) of the interconnected network ethernet switches (12).
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