Patent · US Expired

Database management system and method of using it to transmit packets

US7362744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 2002
Grant dateApr 22, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2025

Classification

  • 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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