发明名称 |
Apparatus for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like |
摘要 |
An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network or the like employing a method and apparatus for automatically determining the topology of the network is described. The method and apparatus provides for each switch in the network transmitting on each of its ports link advertisement messages (without processing intervention by intermediate switches). The link advertisement messages are received by neighbor switches and forwarded to a topology manager. The topology manager constructs network topology profile information based on received link advertisement messages. Further, the topology manager is able to verify bidirection links based on the received link advertisement messages.
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申请公布号 |
US5586267(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1996.12.17 |
申请号 |
US19950484656 |
申请日期 |
1995.06.07 |
申请人 |
BAY NETWORKS, INC. |
发明人 |
CHATWANI, DILIP;SUBRAMANIAN, RAJAN;CHIANG, WINNIS;DAVAR, JONATHAN;OPHER, AYAL;SAWANT, SHIVA |
分类号 |
H04L12/24;H04L12/56;H04L29/06;H04L29/12;H04Q11/04;(IPC1-7):G06F11/30 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/24 |
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