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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Abbas Rashid, Fremont, CA (US);
Nazar Zaidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Bryers, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cross-bar switch includes a set of input ports to receive data packets and a set of sink ports in communication with the input ports to receive the data packets and forward them onto a communications link. Each sink port is adapted to concurrently receive multiple data packets targeted to the same destination or multiple destinations. For example, one sink port receives a first data packet and a second data packet. The one sink port receives at least a portion of the second data packet during a time period in which the one sink port is receiving the first data packet.