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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. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean L Picard, 06480 La Colle Sur Loup, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 54 ; 370 583 ; 370 60 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for routing packets through a multinode communication network includes a packet format with a sub-field in which a routing list (RL) having entry addresses and exit addresses for ports of nodes, through which the packet must be routed. Each node on receiving a packet, extracts routing information specific to the node and forwards the packet according to the extracted routing information.