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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. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Satoshi Sumino, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuto Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Hata, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switching apparatus for learning a source address set in a packet in an address learning table and delivering a packet on the basis of an address learned in the address learning table includes an address learning unit for limiting a number of learned addresses such that a number of learned addresses for each user group in the address learning table is equal to or less than an address learning upper limit value for the user group.