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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Girish Chiruvolu, Plano, TX (US);
An GE, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Girish Chiruvolu, Plano, TX (US);
An Ge, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A packet switch is described. In one embodiment, the packet switch comprises a plurality of ingress ports for receiving packets at the packet switch and for appending a tag to each packet that designates one of the plurality of ingress ports that received the packet; a plurality of egress ports for removing the tag from the packets and transmitting the packets from the packet switch; and switch fabric for switching the packets from one of the plurality of ingress ports to one of the plurality of egress ports.