Content router with multiple forwarding elements instantiated on hardware entities
US7844733B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1001
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A carrier grade content router, includes a distinct management plane for housing externally visible management applications, and coordinating and relaying external management requests to appropriate underlying application code in the router; a distinct control plane for running control protocols required within an XML routed network; and a distinct data plane for receiving and forwarding customer data. Some functions can be implemented in software or via a hardware accelerator.
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