A learning half bridge and bridge for a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and switching protocol. A half bridge can be coupled to a local loop segment and a remote loop segment. The half bridge includes transmit and receive ports implementing predetermined switching and conflict resolution rules and a memory...http://www.google.com/patents/US5978379?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5978379 - Fiber channel learning bridge, learning half bridge, and protocol
