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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

William T. Flynn, Rochester, MN (US);

Joseph A. Kirscht, Rochester, MN (US);

Bruce M. Walk, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01); H04L 45/34 (2013.01); H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/566 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 49/252 (2013.01); H04L 49/35 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for transmitting a packet from a source switch module to a destination switch module. Embodiments receive, at a first port of a first switch module, a packet that includes (i) path information specifying a route to the destination switch module, (ii) a set of load/store operations to be executed by the destination switch module and (iii) return path information specifying a route from the destination switch module to the source switch module. Upon determining that the first switch module is the destination switch module, the set of load/store operations are copied from the received packet into an execution buffer for automatic execution. Once the set of load/store operations are executed, embodiments transmit the packet to a second switch module using the first port on which the packet was received.


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