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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Tsahi Daniel, Tel Aviv, IL;
Donald Pannell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nafea Bishara, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuval Cohen, Raanana, IL;
Tsahi Daniel, Tel Aviv, IL;
Donald Pannell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nafea Bishara, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuval Cohen, Raanana, IL;
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for managing packets in a packet switched network include, in at least one aspect, a device including: an input to receive a packet from one of a plurality of network devices, the plurality of network devices configured to communicate with one or more others of the network devices using a plurality of packets; and circuitry configured to control packet switching of the plurality of packets, at least one packet including: a switch tag including a tag portion embedded with switching information and an extended tag portion embedded with additional switching information, the switching information and the additional switching information configured to control a switching pattern associated with the at least one packet.