Unified wired and wireless switch architecture
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1. An apparatus for application in a wired and/or wireless network comprising:
- a scalable ingress path;
a scalable egress path;
an aggregator configured to receive packets from ports, configured to provide a stream for the ingress path, configured to receive a stream from the egress path, and configured to output packet data to the ports.
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Abstract
An apparatus provides an integrated single chip solution to solve Switching/Bridging, Security, Access Control, Bandwidth Management—Quality of Service issues, Roaming—Clean Hand off, Anticipatory Load Management, Location Tracking, Support for Revenue Generating Services—Fine grain QoS, Bandwidth Control, Billing and management. The architecture is such that it not only resolves the problems pertinent to WLAN it is also scalable and useful for building a number of useful networking products that fulfill enterprise security in all possible combinations of wired and wireless networking needs.
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1. An apparatus for application in a wired and/or wireless network comprising:
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a scalable ingress path;
a scalable egress path;
an aggregator configured to receive packets from ports, configured to provide a stream for the ingress path, configured to receive a stream from the egress path, and configured to output packet data to the ports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An method of processing data packets in a wired and/or wireless network comprising:
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receiving a packet stream from one or more ports;
providing the packet stream to a scalable ingress path;
storing the packet stream;
outputting the packet stream to the one or more ports via a scalable egress path. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer-readable medium, encoded with data and instructions, such that when executed by a computer, the instructions causes the computer to:
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receive a packet stream from one or more ports;
provide the packet stream to a scalable ingress path;
store the packet stream;
output the packet stream to the one or more ports via a scalable egress path. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. An apparatus of processing data packets in a wired and/or wireless network comprising:
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means for receiving a packet stream from one or more ports;
means for providing the packet stream to a scalable ingress path;
means for storing the packet stream;
means for outputting the packet stream to the one or more ports via a scalable egress path. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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