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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/841 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/833 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 43/0864 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 47/283 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 43/0888 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/14 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/26 (2013.01); H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04L 47/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing data items received at a network element in a communications network. In particular, methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing data items such as packets received at a network element such as a router or other such packet-forwarding network element () from a source (') and which are intended to be forwarded towards an intended receiver (′) in a communications network such as a network operating according to the Internet Protocol.