Patent ID: 6097705
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An Ethernet repeater, comprising:a receive buffer to hold data received from a first Ethernet collision domain, the first Ethernet collision domain operating at a first data rate;a transmit buffer to hold data for transmission onto a second Ethernet collision domain, the second Ethernet collision domain independent from the first Ethernet collision domain and operating at a second data rate different from the first data rate;at least one internal bus for broadcast of received data from said receive buffer to said transmit buffer; whereby said transmit buffer, said receive buffer, and said at least one internal bus permit said first Ethernet collision domain and said second Ethernet collision domain to operate as independent Ethernet collision domains;means for transferring data written in the receive buffer at the first data rate to the transmit buffer, andmeans for reading the data in the transmit buffer at the second data rate onto the second Ethernet collision domain.