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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Michael A. Denio, Plano, TX (US);
Denis R. Beaudoin, Rowlett, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method and system for routing broadcast packets in a network ( ) using a switching device ( ) which is operable to interconnect sub-portions ( ) of the network ( ). Each network ( ) sub-portion ( ) is connected to at least one of a plurality of switch ports ( ) on the switching device ( ). The switching device ( ) is further operable to forward certain ones of the broadcast packets between the sub-portions ( ) of the network ( ) via the switch ports ( ) in accordance with a forwarding algorithm and to forward all other of the broadcast packets to a processor ( ). The processor ( ) is communicatively connected to the switching device ( ) and is operable to forward the other ones of the broadcast packets in accordance with a set of pre-defined broadcast routing heuristics.