Database management system and method of using it to transmit packets
US7362744B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A forwarding table, in a network device such as a router, used to forward packets in a communications network includes indicia whose state determine whether information contained in the forwarding table or information contained in the header portion of a packet is to be used to forward the packet to the next hop (i.e. next point in the route).
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