System and method for selecting layer-2 adapter
US9584410B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/005
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a Layer 2 adapter selecting system, including a Layer 3 packet requirements extracting module, a destination Layer 2 address acquiring module, a Layer 2 adapter metric acquiring module, an appropriate Layer 2 adapter identifier selecting module, a packet caching module and a packet scheduling module; wherein the packet caching module is configured to cache a received Layer 3 packet; the Layer 3 packet requirements extracting module is configured to read the Layer 3 packet and extract the type and a parameter value of the requirements; the Layer 2 adapter metric acquiring module is configured to acquire instant metric parameter values of each of the adapters; the appropriate Layer 2 adapter identifier selecting module calculates an adapter identifier and a Layer 3 packet metric; the destination Layer 2 address acquiring module is configured to acquire a Layer 2 address of each of the adapters associated with a destination Layer 3 address; and the packet scheduling module calls an external Layer 2 adapter driver, and the Layer 2 adapter driver completes packaging and sending of the packet. The present invention may solve the problem of resource waste …
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