Appeal No. 2001-0910
Application No. 08/903,756
The claimed invention relates to establishing communication
between a plurality of emulated networks overlaid onto at least
one base network in which communication takes place over source
route bridges. A determination is made that communication is to
occur between at least two entities on the network through a
source route bridge. The source route bridge returns the base
network address of the target entity to the source entity
enabling the source entity to communicate directly with the
target entity using the base network protocol, thereby bypassing
at least one of the source route bridges. According to
Appellants (specification, pages 9 and 10), the processing and
delay associated with the bypassed source route bridges is
avoided resulting in enhanced network communication.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A method for achieving enhanced performance in
communications between a plurality of emulated networks
overlaid onto at least one base network, wherein said
communications involve one or more source route bridges,
said method comprising the steps of:
determining when communication is to occur, through said
one or more source route bridges, and between at least two
entities where a first of said at least two entities is a
member of a first emulated network and where a second of
said at least two entities is a member of another of said
plurality of emulated networks;
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