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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Andrew Patrick Schultz, Spokane, WA (US);
David Henry Gilson, Honolulu, HI (US);
Keith Michael Bly, Newman Lake, WA (US);
Kelly Donald Fromm, Newman Lake, WA (US);
Dennis Lee Weaver, Spokane, WA (US);
Andrew Patrick Schultz, Spokane, WA (US);
David Henry Gilson, Honolulu, HI (US);
Keith Michael Bly, Newman Lake, WA (US);
Kelly Donald Fromm, Newman Lake, WA (US);
Dennis Lee Weaver, Spokane, WA (US);
World Wide Packets, Inc., Spokane Valley, WA (US);
Abstract
Packet switch operating methods and packet switches receive a plurality of packets using a forwarding plane of the packet switch. Each packet of the plurality conforms to a different one of a plurality of forwarding information formats. The methods and packet switches modify each packet of the plurality to conform to a common forwarding information format instead of a respective one of the plurality of forwarding information formats and forward the modified packets of the plurality to a control plane of the packet switch.