Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cross-bar switch supporting implicit multicast addressing
- Patent Title (中): 交叉开关支持隐式组播寻址
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Application No.: US10036603Application Date: 2001-12-21
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Publication No.: US07065090B2Publication Date: 2006-06-20
- Inventor: Abbas Rashid , Nazar Zaidi , Mark Bryers
- Applicant: Abbas Rashid , Nazar Zaidi , Mark Bryers
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L12/56
- IPC: H04L12/56 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
A cross-bar switch includes a set of input ports and a set of sink ports in communication with the input ports. The input ports receive packets, which are snooped by the sink ports. The cross-bar switch also includes a set of port address tables. Each port address table is adapted to store data identifying a plurality of destinations supported by a sink port. For example, a first port address table is adapted to identify a plurality of destinations supported by a first sink port in the set of sink ports. When determining whether to accept a packet, a sink port considers whether the packet's destination is identified in the sink port's port address table. By supporting multiple destinations, a port address table implicitly facilitates a sink port's multicast operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030043817A1 Cross-bar switch supporting implicit multicast addressing Public/Granted day:2003-03-06
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