Packet forwarding device and control circuit thereof
US8264950B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/3009
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A packet forwarding device includes a storage that stores a path selection table in which link numbers of a Work path and a Protection path for each flow number of a transfer packet, a flag that indicates whether the link is made up of a plurality of physical lines, a link aggregation number that identifies an aggregation of the plurality of physical lines, and destination information are set in association with one another, a link status table, a node status table, and an LAG status table, and a path selection processor that selects a path that outputs the packet on the basis of the information.
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