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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Fan Zhou, Petaluma, CA (US);
Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joseph A. Hook, Baden, PA (US);
Veera Reddy, Wexford, PA (US);
Fan Zhou, Petaluma, CA (US);
Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joseph A. Hook, Baden, PA (US);
Veera Reddy, Wexford, PA (US);
Ericsson AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A switch for switching packets from a plurality of sources. The switch includes a memory in which portions of packets are stored. The switch includes a transferring mechanism which transfers predetermined portions of a packet to the memory as the predetermined portions are received. A method for switching packets. The method includes the steps of receiving portions of a packet at a transferring mechanism of a switch. Then there is the step of transferring predetermined portions of the packet to a memory of the switch as the predetermined portions are received at the transferring mechanism.