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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Krishna Viswanadham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mahesh Veerina, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 ; H04J 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 ; H04J 3/22 ;
Abstract
Multilayer switching device and associated technique enables simultaneous wire-speed routing at OSI layer wire-speed switching at layer and support multiple interfaces at layer Implementation may be embodied using one or more integrated circuits (ASIC), RISC processor, and software, thereby providing wire-speed performance on interfaces, in various operational modes.