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Patent Inventor Names
Vasant Sahay0
Joshua Sakov0
Mohan Dattatreya0
Date of Patent
August 12, 2008
Patent Application Number
10172283
Date Filed
June 14, 2002
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Patent abstract
A method and an apparatus that reduce the burden on routers by removing the aggregation and physical Wide Area Network (WAN) interface functions from the router are provided. The aggregation and physical Wide Area Network interface transparently forwards traffic and routing information to and from the WAN without becoming a router. The disclosed forwarding technique and apparatus is applicable to IP protocol as well as other protocols. As provided, the routing device is connected to a forwarding device via the Local Area Network (LAN) and the IP Multiplexer forwards data packets to one or more physical WAN links.
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