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Packet tunneling

US8045550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 2007
Grant dateOct 25, 2011
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/4633
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Network devices, systems, and methods are provided for packet processing. One network device includes a network chip having a number of network ports for the device. The network chip includes logic to select original data packets, based on a set of criteria, received from or destined to a particular port on the device and to tunnel the selected data packets to a second network device having a different destination address to that of the selected data packets.

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