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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Anwar I. Walid, Watchung, NJ (US);
Lingwen Gan, Pasadena, CA (US);
Steven Low, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first node configured to receive the data packets from a plurality of source nodes of the data network and to selectively route some of the received data packets to a link via a port of the first node. The apparatus also includes a link-input buffer that is located in the first node and is configured to store the some of the received data packets for transmission to the link via the port. The first node is configured to power off hardware for transmitting received data packets to the link in response to a fill level of the link-input buffer being below a threshold.