公开(公告)号：US5490252A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-06

申请号：US954617

申请日：1992-09-30

申请人： Mario Macera ,  William E. Jennings ,  Dennis Josifovich ,  George W. Kajos ,  John A. Mastroianni ,  Francis E. Neil ,  Victor Bennett ,  Frank J. Bruns ,  Gururaj Deshpande ,  Jeremy Greene

发明人： Mario Macera ,  William E. Jennings ,  Dennis Josifovich ,  George W. Kajos ,  John A. Mastroianni ,  Francis E. Neil ,  Victor Bennett ,  Frank J. Bruns ,  Gururaj Deshpande ,  Jeremy Greene

IPC分类号： H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/5692 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L69/18

摘要： An internetworking system for exchanging packets of information between networks, the system comprising a network interface module for connecting a network to the system, receiving packets from the network in a native packet format used by the network and converting each received native packet to a packet having a generic format common to all networks connected to the system, and converting each of the generic packets to the native packet format for transmission to the network; a communication channel for carrying the generic packets to and from the network interface module, the channel having bandwidth; a first processing module for controlling dynamic allocation and deallocation of the channel bandwidth to the network connected to the system via the network interface module; and a second processing module for receiving all of the generic packets put on the channel by the network interface module, determining a destination network interface module for each of the generic packets on the channel, determining whether each of the generic packet needs to be bridged to the destination network interface module, and transmitting each of the generic packets determined to need bridging to the destination network interface module via the channel.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在网络之间交换信息包的互联网络系统，该系统包括用于将网络连接到系统的网络接口模块，以网络使用的本地分组格式从网络接收分组，并将每个接收到的本机分组转换为具有 连接到系统的所有网络通用的通用格式，以及将每个通用分组转换为本地分组格式以传输到网络; 用于将通用分组传送到网络接口模块和从网络接口模块携带的通信信道，该信道具有带宽; 第一处理模块，用于经由网络接口​​模块控制对连接到系统的网络的信道带宽的动态分配和释放; 以及第二处理模块，用于接收由网络接口​​模块放置在信道上的所有通用分组，为该信道上的每个通用分组确定目的网络接口模块，确定每个通用分组是否需要桥接到 目的地网络接口模块，并且经由信道将确定需要桥接的每个通用分组传送到目的地网络接口模块。