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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2003
Ronald Van Haalen, Nijmegen, NL;
Arie Johannes DE Heer, Twente, NL;
Ronald van Haalen, Nijmegen, NL;
Arie Johannes de Heer, Twente, NL;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Communication network including a source and a switch for receiving and forwarding data packets originating from the source, wherein the network includes at least two mutually different routing paths between the source and the switch, wherein the switch includes at least two incoming ports for receiving the data packets originating from the source, wherein the switch is arranged to discard for a period of time any data packet originating from the source at the first one of the at least two incoming ports upon receiving a data packet originating from the source at the second one of the at least two incoming ports after receiving a data packet originating from the source at the first one of the at least two incoming ports.