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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Jessy V. Rouyer, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Ljubisa Tancevski, Dallas, TX (US);
Timucin Ozugur, Fairview, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jessy V. Rouyer, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Ljubisa Tancevski, Dallas, TX (US);
Timucin Ozugur, Fairview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Traffic through a bridge or other network device is directed in a manner that enables link aggregation and other layer-2 protocols to operate fully, even though the device may have as few as a single bidirectional link, with the remaining links being unidirectional. The protocol stack logic of the network device includes shim logic that receives traffic and processes it to determine to where it is to be directed.