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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Sushma Anantharam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephan Benny, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nirapada Ghosh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dayavanti G. Kamath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Dar-ren Leu, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandarani J. Mendon, San Jose, CA (US);
Nilanjan Mukherjee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijoy Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
Nandakumar Peethambaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sushma Anantharam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephan Benny, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nirapada Ghosh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dayavanti G. Kamath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Dar-Ren Leu, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandarani J. Mendon, San Jose, CA (US);
Nilanjan Mukherjee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijoy Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
Nandakumar Peethambaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication protocol in a layer two (L2) network switch comprises, in response to a service request by a source node, registering the source node for packet communication service. The protocol further comprises forwarding one or more packets from the registered source node to one or more destination nodes. The protocol further comprises receiving packets from one or more destination nodes and forwarding each received packet to a corresponding registered node.