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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Kam Choi, Tring, GB;
Eugene O'neill, Castleknock, IE;
Edele O'malley, Ashtown, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switching module has external ports for sending and receiving data packets and mesh interfaces for internal mesh connections with other modules. A switching engine directs packets to one or other of the mesh interfaces according to the port number of a 'destination' or egress port on another module, as determined by a lookup. The port numbers are programmable so that the distribution of traffic through the mesh connections can be modified.