CASCADE SYSTEM FOR NETWORK UNITS

• Main Authors: NOLAN JEROME, GOODFELLOW MAURICE A, O'MALLEY EDELE, DONOGHUE BRYAN J, TRAN QUANG T, CHOI KAM, LAW DAVID J, O'NEILL EUGENE, MORAN PAUL J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.12.2012
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

In one embodiment, a method is described for detecting an operational failure between the network unit and an adjacent network unit in the stack; controlling the switching engine to redirect packets which would otherwise be sent from a particular port to the adjacent network unit to be forwarded fro...