System and method for automatic segment resolution on a local area network

A MONITOR (20, 24A, 24B) NETWORK FOR USE IN A NETWORK (10), comprising a plurality of segments (12, 14A, 14B), each SEGMENT CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ANOTHER SEGMENT (12, 14A , 14B) by a bridge (16), operating transparently STATIONS (21A, 25A, 25B) NETWORK (10), and to determine the position of a station (21A, 25A, 25B) NETWORK (10) It includes a first resolver (34) TO GENERATE AND SEND A FIRST TEST (122) to the station, a first scanning device (47) for monitoring the first tests (122) AND TO GENERATE AND SEND A FIRST INFORMA (128) oBSERVATION IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRST TEST (122), a first receiver (36) TO RECEIVE THE FIRST REPORTS OF oBSERVATION (128), and a circuit (38), sENSITIVE TO THE FIRST REPORTS (128) oBSERVATION RECEIVED FOR SEND APPLICATIONS TO GENERATE AND SECOND TEST. THE MONITOR (20, 24A, 24B) NETWORK also includes SECONDS resolvers (48), FOR THE SECOND APPLICATION TEST (110), AND TO GENERATE AND SEND SECOND TEST (122) IN RESPONSE TO, SECONDS DEVICES oBSERVATION (40) to monitor SECOND TEST (122) AND TO GENERATE AND SEND A SECOND REPORT (128) oBSERVATION IN RESPONSE TO, a second receiver (40) TO RECEIVE THE SECOND REPORTS OF oBSERVATION, a circuit (40 ) to create and transmit a summary (136) of the second observation reports RECEIVED (128), a third receiver (42) TO RECEIVE THE SUMMARIES (136), and a resolver (44) TO DETERMINE THE pOSITION OF THE STATION (21A, 25A, 25B), BASED ON REPORTS FIRST OBSERVATION (128) and summaries (136).