All delivered network switch
US9614788B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating a packet switch that communicates packets with error indication, including the steps of: receiving a packet comprising an error detection field; utilizing the error detection field to identify an error in the packet; marking the occurrence of the error in an error propagation field in the packet; updating the value of the error detection field; and forwarding the modified packet, with the updated value of the error detection field and the error propagation field, according to information carried in the packet.
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