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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Gibson, London, GB;
Kam Choi, Tring, GB;
Christopher Hay, South Harrow, GB;
Gareth E Allwright, St. Albans, GB;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/254 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/254 ;
Abstract
A network device incorporating selective compression of stored data packets is disclosed. The network device receives, stores and forwards data packets and includes a system for applying a compression algorithm to packets after their header portions and storing the partially compressed packets, which are decompressed after readout from storage and before they are forwarded. Lengths of a packet as received and as subject to the compression algorithm are compared to prevent storage when the algorithm fails to produce a shorter packet.