Multi-protocol network interface card

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2007-07-02

2010-06-22

Duong, Frank (Department: 2474)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S419000, C370S466000

Reexamination Certificate

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07742489

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for a communications network that executes a medium access control (MAC) protocol that permits multiple access to a shared medium or shared switching fabric. The MAC protocol uses a BANDWIDTH_ALLOCATOR to regulate access to the network by sending a permission message to a NODE, allowing it to transmit to a specific set of NODEs for a specific length of time. The medium and switching fabric can carry one or more protocols, each of varying framing format and native bitrate. The switching fabric provides a connection-oriented bufferless data transport service that preserves frame ordering. An illustrative embodiment uses a slotted master/slave time-division multiplexed access (TDMA) scheme to allow flexible provisioning of network bandwidth.

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