Systems and methods for forwarding data units in a...

Details Systems and methods for forwarding data units in a... Systems and methods for forwarding data units in a...

2003-08-27

2009-10-20

Boutah, Alina N. (Department: 2443)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer-to-computer protocol implementing

Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating

C709S238000, C709S250000, C370S389000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07606927

ABSTRACT:
A network device (110) includes a forwarding module (230) and one or more network interfaces (240) that may be configured to transmit data units. The forwarding module (230) may be configured to identify one of the network interfaces (240) to transmit a data unit when the data unit is received by the network device (110) or generated by the network device (110), determine one of the network interfaces (240) to transmit the data unit when the data unit is ready to be transmitted by the network device (110), and forward the data unit to the determined network interface (240) for network when the determined network interface (240) is the identified network interface (240).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4718002 (1988-01-01), Carr
patent: 4827411 (1989-05-01), Arrowood et al.
patent: 5079767 (1992-01-01), Perlman
patent: 5093824 (1992-03-01), Coan et al.
patent: 5117422 (1992-05-01), Hauptschein et al.
patent: 5175843 (1992-12-01), Casavant et al.
patent: 5243592 (1993-09-01), Perlman et al.
patent: 5412654 (1995-05-01), Perkins
patent: 5430729 (1995-07-01), Rahnema
patent: 5541912 (1996-07-01), Choudhury et al.
patent: 5649119 (1997-07-01), Kondoh et al.
patent: 5742820 (1998-04-01), Perlman et al.
patent: 5764895 (1998-06-01), Chung
patent: 5828835 (1998-10-01), Isfeld et al.
patent: 5850592 (1998-12-01), Ramanathan
patent: 5878095 (1999-03-01), Kainulainen
patent: 5881246 (1999-03-01), Crawley et al.
patent: 5884040 (1999-03-01), Chung
patent: 5903735 (1999-05-01), Kidder et al.
patent: 5913921 (1999-06-01), Tosey et al.
patent: 5959989 (1999-09-01), Gleeson et al.
patent: 5960047 (1999-09-01), Proctor, Jr. et al.
patent: 5974327 (1999-10-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 6000011 (1999-12-01), Freerksen et al.
patent: 6028857 (2000-02-01), Poor
patent: 6032190 (2000-02-01), Bremer et al.
patent: 6067301 (2000-05-01), Aatresh
patent: 6069895 (2000-05-01), Ayandeh
patent: 6088622 (2000-07-01), Dollin et al.
patent: 6088734 (2000-07-01), Marin et al.
patent: 6092096 (2000-07-01), Lewis et al.
patent: 6094435 (2000-07-01), Hoffman et al.
patent: 6122753 (2000-09-01), Masuo et al.
patent: 6139199 (2000-10-01), Rodriguez
patent: 6151308 (2000-11-01), Ibanez-Meier et al.
patent: 6173324 (2001-01-01), D'Souza
patent: 6215765 (2001-04-01), McAllister et al.
patent: 6216167 (2001-04-01), Momirov
patent: 6252856 (2001-06-01), Zhang
patent: 6262976 (2001-07-01), McNamara
patent: 6272567 (2001-08-01), Pal et al.
patent: 6275492 (2001-08-01), Zhang
patent: 6304548 (2001-10-01), Shaffer et al.
patent: 6310883 (2001-10-01), Mann et al.
patent: 6349091 (2002-02-01), Li
patent: 6362821 (2002-03-01), Gibson et al.
patent: 6385174 (2002-05-01), Li
patent: 6385673 (2002-05-01), DeMoney
patent: 6418299 (2002-07-01), Ramanathan
patent: 6470329 (2002-10-01), Livschitz
patent: 6473421 (2002-10-01), Tappan
patent: 6473434 (2002-10-01), Araya et al.
patent: 6496510 (2002-12-01), Tsukakoshi et al.
patent: 6542469 (2003-04-01), Kelley et al.
patent: 6594268 (2003-07-01), Aukia et al.
patent: 6628929 (2003-09-01), Nomura et al.
patent: 6631136 (2003-10-01), Chowdhury et al.
patent: 6633544 (2003-10-01), Rexford et al.
patent: 6683885 (2004-01-01), Sugai et al.
patent: 6687781 (2004-02-01), Wynne et al.
patent: 6714563 (2004-03-01), Kushi
patent: 6721273 (2004-04-01), Lyon
patent: 6745224 (2004-06-01), D'Souza et al.
patent: 6769043 (2004-07-01), Fedorkow et al.
patent: 6804236 (2004-10-01), Mahajan et al.
patent: 6807158 (2004-10-01), Krishnamurthy et al.
patent: 6807172 (2004-10-01), Levenson et al.
patent: 6954449 (2005-10-01), Cain et al.
patent: 6977895 (2005-12-01), Shi et al.
patent: 6977937 (2005-12-01), Weinstein et al.
patent: 6980515 (2005-12-01), Schunk et al.
patent: 6980537 (2005-12-01), Liu
patent: 6990350 (2006-01-01), Davis et al.
patent: 7020501 (2006-03-01), Elliott et al.
patent: 7020701 (2006-03-01), Gelvin et al.
patent: 7042834 (2006-05-01), Savage
patent: 7042837 (2006-05-01), Cassiday et al.
patent: 7046628 (2006-05-01), Luhmann et al.
patent: 7065059 (2006-06-01), Zinin
patent: 7068971 (2006-06-01), Abutaleb et al.
patent: 7072952 (2006-07-01), Takehiro et al.
patent: 7106703 (2006-09-01), Belcea
patent: 7120120 (2006-10-01), Guerin et al.
patent: 7177295 (2007-02-01), Sholander et al.
patent: 7184421 (2007-02-01), Liu et al.
patent: 7200120 (2007-04-01), Greenberg et al.
patent: 7215926 (2007-05-01), Corbett et al.
patent: 7254111 (2007-08-01), Choe et al.
patent: 7266386 (2007-09-01), Kim et al.
patent: 7353259 (2008-04-01), Bakke et al.
patent: 7369512 (2008-05-01), Shurbanov et al.
patent: 2001/0007560 (2001-07-01), Masuda et al.
patent: 2001/0034793 (2001-10-01), Madruga et al.
patent: 2001/0040895 (2001-11-01), Templin
patent: 2001/0045914 (2001-11-01), Bunker
patent: 2002/0016869 (2002-02-01), Comeau et al.
patent: 2002/0057660 (2002-05-01), Park et al.
patent: 2002/0067693 (2002-06-01), Kodialam et al.
patent: 2002/0071392 (2002-06-01), Grover et al.
patent: 2002/0080755 (2002-06-01), Tasman et al.
patent: 2002/0103893 (2002-08-01), Frelechoux et al.
patent: 2002/0108107 (2002-08-01), Darnell et al.
patent: 2002/0131409 (2002-09-01), Frank et al.
patent: 2002/0143755 (2002-10-01), Wynblatt et al.
patent: 2002/0176390 (2002-11-01), Sparr et al.
patent: 2002/0186694 (2002-12-01), Mahajan et al.
patent: 2002/0191545 (2002-12-01), Pieda et al.
patent: 2003/0012168 (2003-01-01), Elson et al.
patent: 2003/0016624 (2003-01-01), Bare
patent: 2003/0058852 (2003-03-01), Luhmann et al.
patent: 2003/0063613 (2003-04-01), Carpini et al.
patent: 2003/0096577 (2003-05-01), Heinonen et al.
patent: 2003/0124976 (2003-07-01), Tamaki et al.
patent: 2003/0126284 (2003-07-01), Houston et al.
patent: 2003/0153338 (2003-08-01), Herz et al.
patent: 2003/0174719 (2003-09-01), Sampath et al.
patent: 2003/0202476 (2003-10-01), Billhartz et al.
patent: 2004/0001720 (2004-01-01), Krill et al.
patent: 2004/0003111 (2004-01-01), Maeda et al.
patent: 2004/0027284 (2004-02-01), Leeper et al.
patent: 2004/0029553 (2004-02-01), Cain
patent: 2004/0106408 (2004-06-01), Beasley et al.
patent: 2004/0202164 (2004-10-01), Hooper et al.
patent: 2004/0213167 (2004-10-01), Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al.
patent: 2004/0243702 (2004-12-01), Vainio et al.
patent: 2005/0013613 (2005-01-01), Stevenson et al.
patent: 2005/0030949 (2005-02-01), Shirakawa et al.
patent: 2005/0036442 (2005-02-01), Saleh et al.
patent: 2005/0050221 (2005-03-01), Tasman et al.
patent: 2005/0117914 (2005-06-01), Chuah et al.
patent: 2005/0213586 (2005-09-01), Cyganski et al.
patent: 2007/0106852 (2007-05-01), Lam et al.
patent: 0447725 (1991-09-01), None
patent: WO-0137483 (2001-05-01), None
U.S. Appl. No. 10/694,968, Elliott, Brig Barnum.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/702,308, Shurbanov et al.
Office Action dated May 16, 2007, U.S. Appl. No. 10/702,308.
Office Action dated Oct. 3, 2007, U.S. Appl. No. 10/702,308.
Office Action dated Nov. 2, 2007, U.S. Appl. No. 10/786,335.
Office Action dated Dec. 13, 2007, U.S. Appl. No. 10/328,566.
Office Action dated Jun. 26, 2008, U.S. Appl. No. 10/913,151.
Office Action dated Apr. 18, 2008, U.S. Appl. No. 11/088,045.
Office Action dated Jun. 11, 2008, U.S. Appl. No. 10/786,335.
Basu et al., “Movement Control Algorithms for Realization of Fault-Tolerant Ad Hoc Robot Networks,” IEEE Network, pp. 36-44, Jul./Aug. 2004.
Bevan et al., “Free-Space Optical Data Bus for Spacecraft”, Earth Science Technology Conference, Jun. 24-26, 2003, 5 pages.
Choudhury et al., “Using Directional Antennas for Medium Access Control in Ad Hoc Networks”, MOBICOM' 002, Sep. 23-28, 2002, pp. 59-70.
Everett, David, “GPM Reference Interfaces”, May 30, 2001, 8 pages.
Garcia Lune Aceves et al., “Analysis of Routing Strategies for Packet Radio Networks”, Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM '85, Washington, DC, 292-302 (185).
Garg, et al, “Improved Approximation Algorithms for Biconnected Subgraphs via Better Lower Bounding Techniques,” Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, pp. 103-111 (1993).
Hahn et al., “Packet Radio Network Routing Algori

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Systems and methods for forwarding data units in a... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Systems and methods for forwarding data units in a..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Systems and methods for forwarding data units in a... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4132522