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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2007
Applicant:
Gregory G. Page, Sandy, UT (US);
Inventor:
Gregory G. Page, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switch and a method are described herein that are capable of supporting a 'new' IP network tunnel even though the switch has an 'old' application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that did not originally support the routing of a packet with the “new” tunnel type (i.e., the “new” tunnel type was developed and implemented after the design of the “old” ASIC).