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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Mark D. Carney, Sterling, VA (US);
Dante Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US);
Harold J. Schiller, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Inventors:
Mark D. Carney, Sterling, VA (US);
Dante Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US);
Harold J. Schiller, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 45/60 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device may receive a packet, determine whether the packet includes two or more headers of a same type, modify the packet to correct for the two or more headers of the same type when the packet includes the two or more headers of the same type, determine whether the packet includes out-of-sequence headers, and modify the packet to correct for the out-of-sequence headers when the packet includes the out-of-sequence headers.