Exposing a bridged network as a single virtual segment
US7616633B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/90
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A software network bridge which allows connected network segments to be presented as a single network unit to the host computer. The software bridge can be implemented as an intermediate network driver, abstracting multiple network segments into a single network interface for higher level protocols and applications. The intermediate network driver can simultaneously send the same data packet through multiple network interfaces by creating multiple packet descriptors, each pointing to the same data, but each given individually to the underlying network interfaces to control during their transmission.
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