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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Walter Clark Milliken, Dover, NH (US);
Alden W. Jackson, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Inventors:
Walter Clark Milliken, Dover, NH (US);
Alden W. Jackson, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Assignee:
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G01G 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Multiple network processors () are connected in a pipeline via control () and data () ports of the network processors. The network processors () communicate with neighboring network processors through the control and data ports. Through these ports, the network processors can implement a variety of data flow control protocols.