Cascade system for network units

Cascade system for network units

A network stack includes a plurality of network units each of which includes a multiplicity of ports for receiving and forwarding addressed data packets, at least two cascade ports and a switching engine for forwarding received packets to at least one port in accordance with address data in the pack...

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Hauptverfasser: NOLAN JEROME, O'MALLEY EDELE, DONOGHUE BRYAN J, TRAN QUANG T, CHOI KAM, LAW DAVID J, O'NEILL EUGENE, GOODFELLOW MAUNTE A, MORAN PAUL J
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:A network stack includes a plurality of network units each of which includes a multiplicity of ports for receiving and forwarding addressed data packets, at least two cascade ports and a switching engine for forwarding received packets to at least one port in accordance with address data in the packets and a cascade connection including, for each of two opposite directions around the stack, at least one unidirectional path for data packets composed of links each between a respective cascade port on a network unit and a corresponding cascade port on the next network unit.