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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James A. Aviani, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Alexander G. Tweedly, Argyll, GB;
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James A. Aviani, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Alexander G. Tweedly, Argyll, GB;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for replicating a plurality of original packets in a packet flow which follows a first routing path. The packet flow is received with a first device, the first device being included in the first routing path. In the first device, the original packets in the packet flow are identified according to at least one predetermined criterion. In the first device, replicate packets corresponding to the original packets are generated. The original packets are transmitted from the first device along the first routing path. The replicate packets are transmitted from the first device along a second routing path which is different from the first routing path.