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Protocol agnostic switching

US7554975B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 2005
Grant dateJun 30, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/552
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a switch fabric, an adaptation processor to append a length field to a received packet, and a switch fabric to use information in the length field to switch variable-sized packets.

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