A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SIMPLIFICATION OF LEAF-LIMITED BRIDGES

摘要

A method of address management in a net having a plurality of buses (525-535) linked by a plurality of bus bridges (504, 506, 508, 510) where the net has only one branch bus with multiple bus bridges. A local identification address (0-4) is assigned to each node (512-524) on a branch bus and a bus number (a, b, c) is assigned to each bus other than the branch bus. The bus number includes a common base and the local identification address for the node having a portal that connects to that bus.