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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Bruce D. Miller, North Reading, MA (US);
Mark Sanders, Roanoke, VA (US);
Inventors:
Bruce D. Miller, North Reading, MA (US);
Mark Sanders, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
Force 10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01); H04J 3/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communications network gateway receives a stream of information formatted to be compatible with a first sub-network and it receives a stream of information formatted to be compatible with a second sub-network. The frames in the second stream are extracted and modified to be compatible with the transmission format of the first sub-network. The two streams of information are then aggregated for transmission over a logical network link in a manner that optimizes the bandwidth utilization of the overall communications network.