Method and apparatus for a fault tolerant router architecture
US6778490B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/254
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for routing a data packet in a fault tolerant manner. A data packet is received from an incoming data channel and is transferred to a switching engine (SE) through an access processor engine (APE). A route for the data packet is generated using a central processor resource (CPR). The data packet is transferred from the SE to an outgoing trunk physical module (TP) using the route.
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