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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Matteo Varvello, Port Monmouth, NJ (US);
Diego Perino, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Jairo O Esteban, Freehold, NJ (US);
Matteo Varvello, Port Monmouth, NJ (US);
Diego Perino, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Jairo O Esteban, Freehold, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a first input line card of the network device, a message, the message including a destination address; transmitting the message, by the first input line card, to the second input line card based on the determination that the second input line card is configured with routing information related to the destination address; determining, by the second input line card and based on the routing information related to the destination address, that the message should be forwarded via a first output line card of the network device to another network device; transmitting the message, by the second input line card, to the first output line card based on the determination that the message should be forwarded; and transmitting the message, by the first output line card, to another network device.