Marked packet forwarding
US7903655B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/029
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network, network devices, and methods are described for marked packet forwarding. A network device includes a network chip having a number of network ports for receiving and transmitting packets. The network chip includes logic to decapsulate a packet received from a tunnel, mark the packet with a handle associated with an originating network device of the packet using information from an encapsulation header, and forward the marked packet to a checking functionality having a destination address different from an original destination address of the packet.
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