Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for tunnel switching
- Patent Title (中): 隧道切换的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10265852Application Date: 2002-10-07
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Publication No.: US07734789B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Patrice Calhoun
- Applicant: Patrice Calhoun
- Applicant Address: US MA Marlborough
- Assignee: 3Com Corporation
- Current Assignee: 3Com Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Marlborough
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; G06F15/16 ; G06F9/00

Abstract:
A method and device for providing switched tunnel connections from a user to a destination or a multiple number of destinations. Tunnels are switched from a user to a destination by receiving an incoming tunnel connection from the user and initiating a switched tunnel connection to the destination. Traffic from the incoming tunnel is switched to the destination over the switched tunnel. A disclosed embodiment uses user information to determine the switching of the tunnel to implement security access to a tunnel destination, load balancing among destination resources, and bundling of tunnel sessions to implement high bandwidth transmission.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030028648A1 Method and device for tunnel switching Public/Granted day:2003-02-06
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