Patent ID: 11924005
Assignee: ROCKPORT NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A dedicated network gateway device capable of at least one of bridging, switching and routing network traffic between a traditional network and a direct interconnect network comprising:
a host interface card comprising:
a first port that is a direct interconnect port configured to be connected to the direct interconnect network; and
a second port that is a traditional network port configured to be connected to at least one of switches and devices that form the traditional network;
wherein the first port and the second port are internally connected to a direct interconnect and traditional application specific integrated circuit (ASIC);
wherein the dedicated network gateway device is capable of bridging, switching or routing network traffic between the traditional network and the direct interconnect network;
wherein the host interface card is adapted to be connected to a host device via a communication bus;
wherein the direct interconnect and traditional ASIC is operable to switch network traffic between the traditional network and the direct interconnect network without intervention by the host device;
wherein the first port is configured to be connected to the direct interconnect network via a network traffic forwarding device that is capable of acting as a direct interconnect node with locally destined/sourced traffic sent over a traditional network interface.