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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Harikrishna Manchineni, Vijayawada, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/24 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed aspects relate to hardware connection management using a media access control (MAC) control frame. A MAC control frame may be generated by a hardware connection management engine. The MAC control frame may be routed from a first hardware port by the hardware connection management engine. The hardware connection management engine may determine whether a hardware switch exists between the first and second hardware ports based on whether a second hardware port receives the MAC control frame.