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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Weimin Feng, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments are disclosed for encoding and decoding VLAN identifiers. One such method includes mapping the VLAN identifier, associated with the frame, to a number of extra bytes. The method also includes appending, to the payload, a quantity of bytes equal to the number of extra bytes. The method also includes setting at least one of the appended bytes to a value of a length provided with the frame. The method also includes transmitting the frame, including the appended bytes.