Intelligent adjunct network device
CA 2562010 C · Owner: Golshan, Ali · Inventors: Golshan, Ali; Gourlay, Douglas Alan; Smith, Michael R.
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An adjunct network device includes several ports an uplink interface, and an , adjunct forwarding engine coupled to the ports and the uplink interface. A fist port is configured to receive a packet which includes a destination , address. The adjunct forwarding engine is configured to send the packet to the uplink interface if the destination address is not associated with any of the ports. The packet is sent to one of the ports if the destination address is associated with the one of the ports.
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- Filed April 26, 2005 and granted June 17, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2025.
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