Data switch, and communication system using the data switch

A preferred embodiment comprising a data switch includes a first processor for routing data packets including a MAC address, using a MAC address table stored in a writable memory. The switch further includes a second processor for routing data packets including an IP address using an IP address look...

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Main Authors ARDHANARI GURUPRASAD, BALAKRISHNAN PRASHANT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.07.2006
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A preferred embodiment comprising a data switch includes a first processor for routing data packets including a MAC address, using a MAC address table stored in a writable memory. The switch further includes a second processor for routing data packets including an IP address using an IP address look-up table stored in the writable memory. The writable memory consists of a single memory fabric that is allocated between the MAC address table and the look-up table by a memory control unit according to a setting stored in a non-erasable memory unit.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060364740