Patent ID: 11888691
Assignee: INNOVIUM, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
wherein each input comprises a different network communication interface coupled to one or more networks;
wherein the TDUs are cells of packets received over the one or more networks;
wherein the buffer is an ingress buffer configured to store packets on ingress into the network apparatus until the packets can be processed by an ingress packet processor;
wherein the one or more downstream components include the ingress packet processor;
after processing the packets by the ingress packet processor, buffering the cells in one or more egress buffers at one or more traffic managers, the one or more egress buffers being separate from the folded buffer;
sending the cells from the one or more traffic managers to the one or more egress packet processors, the one or more egress packet processors implementing forwarding logic for sending the packets via the one or more networks to destinations indicated by the packets.