MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL BRIDGING IN A MESH NETWORK

摘要

A network (200) comprising a switch (220) configured to learn a source address SA (AA) for a source node (210) with a source port that receives a frame comprising the SA if the SA is not previously learned on another port and to subsequently forward any frame comprising a destination address DA for a destination node (210) that matches the learned SA on the source port associated with the SA. The switch is configured to flood a frame received on a receiving port if the frame comprises a DA that is not previously learned on a source port and to distinguish the flooded frame from other forwarded frames by labeling the flooded frame, wherein the frame is flooded on a plurality of ports. Furthermore a method is disclosed that comprises disabling a plurality of filtering database FDB entries that correspond to a plurality of addresses that are associated with a port, and sending the addresses in a control frame.