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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:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Netscout Systems, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Larry Cantwell, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Diego Warszawski, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
David L. Sclarsky, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Netscout Systems, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 69/08 (2022.01); H04L 69/321 (2022.01); H04L 69/323 (2022.01); H04L 69/324 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04L 69/321 (2013.01); H04L 69/323 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for repurposing one or more software configurable layer 2 switches in an IP (Internet Protocal) computer network to function as a layer 1 switch. Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) is reconfigured in each of the one or more layer 2 switches and one or more pipeline engines are routed to emulate layer 1 switching functionality in each of the one or more layer 2 switches.