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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Tal Mizrahi, Haifa, IL;
Carmi Arad, Nofit, IL;
Martin White, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tsahi Daniel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yoram Revah, Akko, IL;
Ehud Sivan, Zichron Ya'akov, IL;
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., Hokneam, IL;
Abstract
In a modular switching device that includes a plurality of packet processors interconnected by a plurality of connecting devices, one or more data packets are received at a first packet processor. The first packet processor generates a communication frame that includes at least a portion of a first data packet among the one or more data packets. The first packet processor divides the communication frame into a plurality of transmission units, includes a communication frame identifier in respective transmission units, and includes a respective position identifier in respective transmission units. The transmission units are transmitted to the plurality of connecting devices via a first plurality of uplinks, and the plurality of connecting devices transmits the transmission units to the second packet processor via a second plurality of uplinks. The communication frame is reassembled from the plurality of transmission units using the communication frame identifier and the position identifiers.