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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2010
Applicant:
Joel R. Goergen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventor:
Joel R. Goergen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/40 (2013.01); H04L 12/64 (2013.01); H04W 28/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packet network device such as a network switch includes a number of functional cards or chassis modules at least some of which are connected to both an electrical backplane and a wireless backplane. The electrical backplane provides data plane signal paths and the wireless backplane provides control plane signal paths.