| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method and system for bridging LAN traffic in an RPR network. SOLUTION: A method for bridging traffic over a network includes a step for receiving, at stations that are coupled to the network, forwarding information for remote devices that are coupled to the network via the stations. The forwarding information associates a remote address of each remote device with an address of one of the stations. Each station that receives the forwarding information stores the forwarding information in a forwarding database. The method also includes a step for receiving traffic at a first station from a first remote device that is coupled to the first station. The traffic includes a destination address that is a remote address of a second remote device that is coupled to a second station of the network. Furthermore, the method includes a step for identifying an address of the second station that is associated with the remote address of the second remote device in the forwarding database. The method also includes a step for communicating the traffic directly to the second station using the identified address. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
