Ethernet switching
US8208483B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 4, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9047
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Ethernet switch and method for handling received unicast packets having a destination address unknown to the switch. Each such unicast packet is queued in a flooding buffer in every interfacing output port of the switch. The packets in the flooding buffer are scheduled as lowest priority traffic.
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