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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R. King, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Mark A. Krumpoch, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Scott E. Lane, Milford, MA (US);
W. Douglas Strubeck, Norfolk, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Needhorn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A method and system for logical multicasting on an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (“ATM”) switch. There is a logical replication of cells on the same physical port of the ATM switch. A block of consecutive CIs is used by the controller in the switch to create new cells. The CIs are used to control the flow through the switch and for updating the VPI and VCI. These routing tags are part of the header information and multicast to the same physical port