Packet aggregation protocol for advanced switching
First Claim
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of packets;
aggregating the plurality of packets into a single Advanced Switching (“
AS”
) packet; and
transmitting the AS packet onto an AS fabric.
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Abstract
A method and system to aggregate packets. A plurality of packets are received from a medium. The packets are aggregated into a single Advanced Switching (“AS”) packet and transmitted onto an AS fabric as a single AS packet.
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33 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of packets;
aggregating the plurality of packets into a single Advanced Switching (“
AS”
) packet; and
transmitting the AS packet onto an AS fabric. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a plurality of packets from a medium;
aggregating the plurality of packets into a single Advanced Switching (“
AS”
) packet using a service protocol interface (“
PI”
) provided by an AS fabric; and
transmitting the AS packet onto the AS fabric. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a medium interface to receive packets from a medium;
an Advanced Switching (“
AS”
) switch element linked in communication with the medium interface and including a connection to couple to an AS fabric;
a network processor unit (“
NPU”
) linked in communication with the AS switch element; and
a memory device having instructions stored therein, which if executed by the NPU, will cause the NPU to perform operations comprising;
receiving the packets from the medium;
aggregating the packets into a single AS packet using a service protocol interface (“
PI”
) provided by an AS fabric; and
transmitting the AS packet onto the AS fabric. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A system, comprising:
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a chassis including a interconnect;
a first end node coupled to the interconnect;
a second end node coupled to the interconnect; and
at least one switching device coupled to the interconnect comprising an Advanced Switching (“
AS”
) fabric,wherein the first end node includes a component, which if executed by the first end node, will cause the first end node to perform operations comprising;
receiving packets from an external medium coupled to the first end node;
aggregating the packets into a single AS packet using a service protocol interface (“
PI”
) provided by the AS fabric; and
transmitting the AS packet onto the AS fabric. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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