Appeal No. 2000-0550
Application 08/706,114
page 3, line 1. The two network interfaces are coupled via at
least one bridge connection. Appellant’s Specification, page 3,
lines 1-2. The ring systems also contain second network
interfaces which are then coupled via at least a second bridge
connection. Appellant’s Specification, page 3, lines 2-4.
Independent Claims 1 and 4 present in the application are
reproduced as follows:
1. A local area network operating in the asynchronous transfer
mode (ATM) for transmitting cells, comprising a plurality of
network interfaces, characterized in that at least two ring
systems comprising each two network interfaces (85, 89; 86, 90)
are provided which ring systems comprise each at least one bridge
connection (83, 84; 87, 88) and in that a first network interface
(85) of a first ring system and a first network interface (86) of
a second ring system are coupled via at least a first bridge
connection (83, 84) for transmitting the cell stream between the
two ring systems, and a second network interface (89) of the
first ring system and a second network interface (90) of the
second ring system are coupled via at least a second bridge
connection (87, 88) for conveying the cell stream between the two
ring systems.
4. A method of transmitting cells in a local area network
operating in the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), which network
comprises a plurality of network interfaces, characterized in
that
cells are transmitted between a first network interface (85)
of a first ring system and a first network interface (86) of a
second ring system via at least a first bridge connection
(83, 84), and
between a second network interfaces (89) of the first ring
system and a second network interface (90) of the second ring
system via at least a second bridge connection (87, 88).
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