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

Claim 7:
8. 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;
a direct interconnect application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) internally connected to the first port;
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; and
a network controller application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) internally connected to the second port and internally connected to the direct interconnect 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 network controller ASIC is operable to switch network traffic between the traditional network and the direct interconnect network without intervention by the host device; and
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.