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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mohan Kalkunte, Saratoga, CA (US);
Nicholas Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/15 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method include a port extender communicatively linked to a controlling bridge. Network data is received from a local network peer downstream to the port extender. Whether a destination of the network data is a recognized downstream network peer of the port extender is determined. The network data is selectively routed according to whether the destination of the network data is a recognized downstream network peer of the port extender.