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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Qlogic, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventors:
David T. Kwak, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Ali A. Khwaja, Irvine, CA (US);
Frank Palumbo, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/805 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/365 (2013.01);
Abstract
Machine implemented method and system for processing frames received by a network device from another network device via a network link are provided. The network device is configured to maintain a data structure to determine a tag size of a tag received in a frame header of a frame received by the network device; determine if the tag size is less than a fixed programmable size; insert a blank character to increase the tag size to the programmable size; and process the frame with the tag having the programmable size.