Packet routing and switching device
US9094237B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network device routes data packets by storing the packets in a switching memory as a function of a destination address of the packet. The switching memory comprises switching memory queues that are mapped to ports of the device. A header of a received packet is examined to determine the network destination address to which it is to be routed, and a destination queue is assigned to the packet based on the destination address. Thereafter, the packet is divided into cells, and the cells are written to contiguous locations in the destination queue.
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