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Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

May. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventor:

Alan Frank Graves, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0003 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/005 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes comparing a length of a first packet to a threshold, determining that the first packet is a short packet when the length of the first packet is less than the threshold, and determining that the first packet is a long packet when the length of the first packet is greater than or equal to the threshold. The method also includes when the first packet is a long packet placing the first packet in a long packet container and transmitting the long packet container to a photonic switch. Additionally, the method includes when the first packet is a short packet placing a first portion of the first packet in a first short packet container, where the first short packet container includes a sequence number, a source top-of-rack switch (TOR) address, and a destination TOR address and transmitting the first short packet container to an electronic switch.


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