INTELLIGENT ADJUNCT NETWORK DEVICE

An adjunct network device includes several ports, an uplink interface, and an adjunct forwarding engine coupled to the ports and the uplink interface. A first port is configured to receive a packet, which includes a destination address. The adjunct forwarding engine is configured to send the packet...

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Main Authors GOLSHAN, ALI, WANG, JEFFREY, YM, SMITH, MICHAEL, R, GOURLAY, DOUGLAS, ALAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 03.04.2013
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:An adjunct network device includes several ports, an uplink interface, and an adjunct forwarding engine coupled to the ports and the uplink interface. A first port is configured to receive a packet, which includes a destination address. The adjunct forwarding engine is configured to send the packet to the uplink interface if the destination address is not associated with any of the ports. The packet is sent to one of the ports if the destination address is associated with the one of the ports.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050738102