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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2005
Jonathan William Heath, Madison, AL (US);
Timothy James Schlichter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Roberto Corzo Puon, Madison, AL (US);
Amy Joan Puon, Legal Representative, Madison, AL (US);
Jonathan William Heath, Madison, AL (US);
Timothy James Schlichter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Roberto Corzo Puon, Madison, AL (US);
Amy Joan Puon, legal representative, Madison, AL (US);
Adtran, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports of an Ethernet switch serving a plurality of local area network users and a wide area network (WAN) interface that provides connectivity with the internet. Packets received from user ports of the Ethernet switch contain priority-representative information. Packets delivered by the processor-controlled router to the WAN interface are prioritized in accordance with the priority-representative information.