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EP 0 986 880 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/12

(21)	Application number: 99905045.3

(22)	Date of filing: 15.02.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 12/56, H04L 29/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9900/460

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9950/999 (07.10.1999 Gazette 1999/40)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

31.03.1998 GB 9806912

(71)	Applicant: MADGE NETWORKS LIMITED
	Buckinghamshire HP8 4AH (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	MURRAY, Francis, Martin B-2018 Antwerpen (BE) DRAPER, Andrew Martyn Chesham,Bucks HP5 8AE (GB)

(74)	Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund et al
	GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

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