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Network access device having internetworking driver with active control

  • US 7,028,104 B1
  • Filed: 05/02/2002
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A network access device including a network interface driver embodied in a processor readable medium comprising executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, independently process internetworking protocols for the network access device with another device on a remote network, wherein the executable program instructions incorporate a state machine having a plurality of states, each state associated with a plurality of threads and waited events for performing a method on a processor, comprising the steps of:

  • processing outgoing packets from an operating system associated with the network access device, in at least one of the plurality of states;

    processing incoming packets to an access network, in at least one of the plurality of states; and

    processing at least one of a plurality of time-out events in at least one of the plurality of states.

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