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Network relay apparatus

US8483051B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2010
Grant dateJul 9, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/354
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The network relay apparatus is provided. The network relay apparatus includes: multiple ports, each being provided to send and receive a frame to and from one of multiple external devices; and a frame processor configured to perform flooding, in order to relay a received frame that is received via one of the multiple ports as a receiving port, with a preset flooding target according to an attribute of a transmit port that sends the received frame.

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