Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for repurposing layer 2 switch as a layer 1 switch
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Application No.: US17589327Application Date: 2022-01-31
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Publication No.: US12003608B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Larry Cantwell , Diego Warszawski , David L. Sclarsky
- Applicant: NetScout Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Westford
- Assignee: Netscout Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Netscout Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Westford
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L69/08 ; H04L69/321 ; H04L69/323 ; H04L69/324
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for repurposing one or more software configurable layer 2 switches in an IP (Internet Protocal) computer network to function as a layer 1 switch. Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) is reconfigured in each of the one or more layer 2 switches and one or more pipeline engines are routed to emulate layer 1 switching functionality in each of the one or more layer 2 switches.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220159101A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPURPOSING LAYER 2 SWITCH AS A LAYER 1 SWITCH Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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