Patent ID: 8937958
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A router comprising: a plurality of input ports configured to receive a packet comprising control information indicating a type of access, each of the input ports comprising a first buffer and a second buffer which store the packet, each of the input ports comprising a first channel configured to store the packet in the first buffer through the second buffer and output the packet, a second channel configured to store the packet in the second buffer and output the packet directly without using the first buffer, and a third channel configured to store the packet directly in the first buffer without using the second buffer and output the packet; and a plurality of output ports configured to output the packet, wherein each of the input ports selects, as a forwarding channel, one channel from the first channel, the second channel, and the third channel, on the basis of the control information and a state of the output port serving as a destination port of the packet.