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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Kavitha Vittal Murthy Baratakke, Austin, TX (US);
Deanna Lynn Quigg Brown, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jeffrey Paul Messing, Austin, TX (US);
Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, TX (US);
Kavitha Vittal Murthy Baratakke, Austin, TX (US);
Deanna Lynn Quigg Brown, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jeffrey Paul Messing, Austin, TX (US);
Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing packets in a network layer. A packet is received for transmission in which the packet includes a destination address. A routing entry for the destination address is identified. A determination is made as to whether a flag indicating the packet is to be broadcast has been set in the routing entry. Header information is placed in the packet in which the header information indicates that the packet is a broadcast packet in response to the flag being set.