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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Glenn Poole, Fremont, CA (US);
Brad Danofsky, Reno, NV (US);
David Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Ann Gui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Heeloo Chung, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joanna Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/755 (2013.01); H04L 12/861 (2013.01); H04L 12/805 (2013.01); H04L 12/883 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04L 47/365 (2013.01); H04L 49/9021 (2013.01); H04L 49/9057 (2013.01); H04L 49/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
An epoch-based network processor internally segments packets for processing and aggregation in epoch payloads. FIFO buffers interact with a memory management unit to efficiently manage the segmentation and aggregation process.