Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer data routing
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-01
2011-03-01
Lin, Kenny S (Department: 2478)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer data routing
C370S351000, C370S400000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07899930
ABSTRACT:
A standalone router is integrated into a multi-chassis router. Integrating the standalone router into a multi-chassis router requires replacing switch cards in the standalone router with multi-chassis switch cards. The multi-chassis switch cards forward packets to a central switch card chassis for routing within the multi-chassis router. By incrementally replacing standalone switch cards with multi-chassis switch cards in the standalone router, packet forwarding performance is maintained during the integration.
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DiNapoli Jeffrey M.
Gupta Anurag P.
Krishnaswamy Umesh
Raghunathan Sriram
Turner Steve W.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Lin Kenny S
Shumaker & Sieffert P.A.
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