Traffic spraying in a chassis-based network switch
US8553582B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for processing network traffic in a modular switching device that includes a source device, a target device, and a plurality of connecting devices, includes generating a communication unit at the source device, where the communication unit is associated with a unique communication unit identifier, and where the communication unit is to be transmitted to the target device; dividing the communication unit into a plurality of transmission units, including assigning a respective position identifier to each of the plurality of transmission units, where the position identifier is indicative of a position of the transmission unit within the communication unit, and assigning the communication unit identifier to each of the plurality of transmission units; the method further comprising causing the plurality of transmission units to be transmitted in parallel to respective ones of the plurality of connecting devices, where each of the plurality of connecting devices connects the source device to the target device.
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