| 摘要 |
<p>An integrated repeater (100) for implementing per-port Port Mobility is provided as part of a semiconductor integrated repeater package. The integrated repeater includes a number of Pseudo-AUI ports for connecting to transceiver devices (104). Each repeater device is coupled into a collision domain. By connecting one transceiver device to multiple repeaters in different collision domains, and controlling the connection to the repeater, the network port associated with the transceiver device is moved from one collision domain into another. Corresponding Pseudo-AUI ports on repeaters not part of the desired collision domain are isolated (using a tri-state gate). Various repeater resources are shared across the various network ports, even though they may be in different collision domains.</p> |
