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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher P Lawler, Wellesley, MA (US);
David C Ready, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370401 ; 370466 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for increasing the throughput of a communications internetworking device using concurrent reception and transmission of data packets. The method involves the beginning of a retransmission by the communications internetworking device, to a destination network, of a frame undergoing reception by the communications internetworking device, from a source network, prior to the completion the reception of the frame from the source network by the communications internetworking device.