Techniques to process packets in a dual-mode switching environment

• Main Authors: Wilde, Myles, Adiletta, Matthew J, Gorius, Aaron
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.08.2019
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CALCULATING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CHECKING-DEVICES; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL; CODING; COMPUTING; CONTROLLING; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DECODING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; HAND TOOLS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MANIPULATORS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; REGULATING; SELECTING; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; SIGNALLING; STATIC STORES; STORING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to receive a packet via an optical fabric, the packet comprising a switch mode indicator, determine a switch mode for the packet based on the switch mode indicator, and process the packet in accordance with a first protocol or a second protocol based on the switch mode.