Patent · US Expired

Switching apparatus

US7590076B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateDec 11, 2003
Grant dateSep 15, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switching apparatus for learning a source address set in a packet in an address learning table and delivering a packet on the basis of an address learned in the address learning table includes an address learning unit for limiting a number of learned addresses such that a number of learned addresses for each user group in the address learning table is equal to or less than an address learning upper limit value for the user group.

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