Patent ID: 6112245
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a system including a network having one or more intermediate devices coupled to end stations by respective links, including a first end station coupled across a link through a first intermediate device to the network, a method for enabling the first end station to establish point-to-point sessions according to a communication protocol to more than one other end station, comprising:establishing a point-to-point session with a second end station according to the communication protocol;transmitting from the first intermediate device to the first end station, information identifying the session in a data frame formatted according to the communication protocol, the data frame including a reserved field, so that the first end station is enabled to include a session identifier in the reserved field of respective data frames on the link formatted according to the communication protocol;detecting in the first intermediate device data frames on the link formatted according to the communication protocol, and including the session identifier; andforwarding data from said data frames including the session identifier in the session to the second end station.