In one embodiment, an Ethernet bridge operates in either VLAN aware mode or VLAN unaware mode as specified by a user. The width of a CAM used for storing address table can be minimized by using a mapping of VLAN identifiers to small numbers, which are stored in the CAM. Flooding can be minimized by employing...http://www.google.fr/patents/US20050083952?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US20050083952 - Flexible ethernet bridge
Numéro de demande: 10/684,454 Numéro de publication: US 2005/0083952 A1 Date de dépôt: 15 oct. 2003 Brevet délivré: US7512078 ( Date de délivrance 31 mars 2009)
