Active networks
CA 2467346 C · Owner: University Of Wollongong · Inventors: Boustead, Paul Andrew; Ratcliff, Bruce Raymond; Safaei, Farzad
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An active node of a communications network includes a forwarding component for forwarding a packet of an active application a processor for processing the , packet and a forwarding control component for modifying path data associated with the packet, based on the processing. The forwarding component can forward said packet directly to the network or via the processor. The processing can include executing code contained within the packet and/or executing code to , process application data in the packet. The path data can include the MPLS label stack of the packet and/or MPLS tables of the forwarding component. To allow processing based on multiple labels of a packet the forwarding , …
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- Filed November 15, 2002 and granted May 15, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 2022.
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