Method and apparatus for the concurrent reception and transmission of packets in a communications internetworking device
US5748633A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9042
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for increasing the throughput of a communications internetworking device using concurrent reception and transmission of data packets. The method involves the beginning of a retransmission by the communications internetworking device, to a destination network, of a frame undergoing reception by the communications internetworking device, from a source network, prior to the completion the reception of the frame from the source network by the communications internetworking device.
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