Output port determining apparatus
US7464200B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/74591
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An output port determining apparatus is capable of determining a longest match for a network address without the necessity of processing operations in memory devices. Output ports are connected to networks. An address bus has signal lines corresponding to bits of a node address which uniquely identifies a node as a connection destination. A plurality of memory devices are connected to as many the signal lines as the number of bits of network addresses of the networks, and store port information representing the output ports to output data therefrom at memory addresses corresponding to the network addresses. An address register outputs a received node address to the address bus. A selecting circuit selects the port information stored in one of the memory devices which is connected to the most signal lines, from port information outputted from the memory devices according to the node address, and outputs the selected port information.
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