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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Arthur Stine, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul S. Traina, Atherton, CA (US);
Spencer Greene, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arthur Stine, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul S. Traina, Atherton, CA (US);
Spencer Greene, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a gateway node that contains modular cards that separately implement control and data planes of a network protocol. The separate data and control cards provide for improved system reliability and improved flexibility in managing bandwidth. Control or data cards can be added to the gateway node as needed based on system load.