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Virtual switching for interconnected networks

  • US 6,434,156 B1
  • Filed: 07/24/1998
  • Issued: 08/13/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • first interface capable of sponsoring a first protocol;

    a first service translation layer converting data formatted in said first protocol into streams, said first service translation layer extracting and appending a first path identifier to said streams;

    a core responsive to said first service translator layer for obtaining said streams and determining a second path identifier therefrom, said core transferring said streams according to said second path identifier;

    a second service translation layer accepting said transferred streams, said second service translation layer converting said transferred streams into data formatted according to a second protocol; and

    a second interface for asserting said data formatted into said second protocol.

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