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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Shrjie Tzeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shrjie Tzeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network device for managing data flow can have at least one receiving port configured to receive data, a first counter configured to monitor at least one pointer, and a second counter configured to record the at least one pointer to correspond to the at least one receiving port therein when the data is a plural cast data, and the plural cast data is received in the at least one receiving port. In addition, the network device can include a control module configured to at least monitor the second counter with respect to the data flow of the network device.