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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Shiri Kadambi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shekhar Ambe, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shiri Kadambi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shekhar Ambe, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network switch for switching packets from a source to a destination includes a source port for receiving an incoming packet from a source, a destination port that contains a path to a destination for the packet, and a programmable counter unit for counting a number of packets of selected packet types which are received by the switch.