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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Brian L. Uhlhorn, St. Paul, MN (US);
Stephen M. Sohn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Howard J. Schantz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Brian L. Uhlhorn, St. Paul, MN (US);
Stephen M. Sohn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Howard J. Schantz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A photonic-based distributed network switch and method where the switch is designed to reduce or filter optical data frames entering a port of the switch so that only data frames that are appropriate for the port are forwarded from the port. This reduces the amount of data that needs to be handled by the port interface, which is especially important where the port may be using legacy interface technology that may be incapable of handling the volume of data entering the port.