System, apparatus and method for address forwarding for a computer network
AssigneeMaXXan Systems, Inc.
InventorsHawkins Yao, Cheh-Suei Yang, Richard Gunlock, Michael Witkowski, Sompong Olarig
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Abstract
A system, apparatus and method for an efficiently performing address lookups and switching for computer networks is disclosed. The present disclosure provides for address translation between network devices utilizing different protocols. The system, apparatus and method described herein provide for address translation for encapsulated communications to enable mixed protocol communications using a network switch fabric system.
Claims8
A method for mapping an internal port address comprising a location section, a routing processor section and a port section to a network protocol address, comprising:
- mapping the location section to a first selected section of the network protocol address;
- mapping the processor section to a second selected section of the network protocol address;
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- mapping the port section to a third selected section of the network protocol address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.