Patent ID: 6625158
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
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; communicating to said first entity, one or more base network addresses that identify the location of an entity closely correspodent to said second entity in said at least one base network; and thereafter utilizing said one or more base network addresses instead of emulated network addresses in communication between said first and second entities such that communications between said first and second entities is established and such that at least one of said one or more source route bridges is bypassed and such that the processing and delay associated with said at least one bypassed source route bridge is avoided wherein said performance in communications involving said at least two emulated networks is enhanced.