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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/566 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device, communication system, and method are provided. In one example, a system for switch generated explicit packet discard notifications is described that includes circuits to detect a packet is to be dropped; extract information from the packet to be dropped; and generate a notification using the extracted information from the packet to be dropped. The system also includes an interface to send the generated notification to a source associated with the packet to be dropped, wherein the notification is generated and sent from a switch.