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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:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2013
Applicant:

Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Yokneam, IL;

Inventors:

Zachy Haramaty, Hemed, IL;

Diego Crupnicoff, Buenos Aires, AR;

Freddy Gabbay, Givatayim, IL;

Benny Koren, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Amiad Marelli, Tel Aviv, IL;

Itamar Rabenstein, Petah Tikva, IL;

Ido Bukspan, Herzliya, IL;

Oded Zemer, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for communication, includes routing unicast data packets among nodes in a network using respective Layer-3 addresses that are uniquely assigned to each of the nodes. Respective Layer-2 unicast addresses are assigned to the nodes in accordance with an algorithmic mapping of the respective Layer-3 addresses. The unicast data packets are forwarded within subnets of the network using the assigned Layer-2 addresses.


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