The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brad Cain, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for aggregating a sorted list of IP prefix pairs. A prefix pair in the list is compared to a lowest IP length subnet boundary. The prefix pair is added to a final list if the prefix pair is not on the lowest IP length subnet boundary and the prefix pair is not a first in pair. The prefix pair is moved to a next lower length list if the prefix pair is on the lowest IP length subnet boundary and the prefix pair is a next expected pair. A next higher list is selected, and the method is repeated until there are no more lists.