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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Applicants:
David W. Nelson, West Jordan, UT (US);
Brent R. Hess, Farmington, UT (US);
Will Sutton, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mike Mitchell, Park City, UT (US);
Dan Watt, West Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
David W. Nelson, West Jordan, UT (US);
Brent R. Hess, Farmington, UT (US);
Will Sutton, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mike Mitchell, Park City, UT (US);
Dan Watt, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
L-3 Communications, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2011.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A protocol-independent switch system and method includes wrapping ingress data with a local header to form a wrapped packet. The wrapped packet can include data in any of layer-1, layer-2, and layer-3 type. The local header is used for switching the wrapped packet across switch fabric. The local header is removed before egress of the data.