US 7,321,551 B2 | ||
Propagation of a plurality of copies of an internet protocol packet | ||
Kevin Eugene Dombkowski, Oswego, Ill. (US); Richard Thomas Emery, Aurora, Ill. (US); and Steven Mark Miller, Batavia, Ill. (US) | ||
Assigned to Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. (US) | ||
Filed on Jan. 28, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/767,112. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0163145 A1, Jul. 28, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. H04L 12/56 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 370—216 [370/390] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a router for one or more packets that comprise an Internet Protocol (“IP”) packet;
wherein the router comprises one or more packet replication components that employ the IP packet to propagate a plurality
of copies of the IP packet; and
wherein the router contemporaneously receives a plurality of identical IP packets that comprise the IP packet, and wherein
the router generates a plurality of copies of the plurality of identical IP packets and propagates the plurality of copies
of the plurality of identical IP packets to an IP network component external to the router.
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