METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELAYING FRAMES THROUGH AN ETHERNET NETWORK AND BRIDGE THEREFOR

摘要

A method for relaying Ethernet frames over an Ethernet network, the method including adding a tag that provides an address from a hierarchical address scheme to an Ethernet frame; and relaying the Ethernet frame through the network according to the tag. There is also provided a configurable Ethernet bridge having a filtering database including a plurality of subnet masks for relaying frames according to hierarchical address scheme.