Patent ID: 8363542

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a reset trigger for resetting at least one target network entity, wherein said reset trigger is received, via a protocol layer lower than a network layer, over an internal bidirectional network in an apparatus where said at least one target network entity resides, wherein the protocol layer uses at least one service of a physical layer for the receiving of the reset trigger; checking at a network entity whether said indicator indicates said network entity; and determining to initiate a network entity reset procedure in response to a result of said checking; and further comprising one or more of: distributing said reset trigger via at least one remaining port of said network entity, which differ from a port through which said reset trigger has been received, if said indicator includes predetermined indications for a broadcast or multicast operation; and distributing said reset trigger via remaining ports of said network entity, which differ from a port through which said reset trigger has been received, if said checking result indicates that said indicator does not indicate said network entity.