Patent ID: 8861520
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at packet cloning logic, an original stream of packets communicated from a source device; generating, by said packet cloning logic, a cloned packet stream containing a plurality of cloned packets for each of a plurality of packets contained in said original stream, wherein said plurality of cloned packets each comprise payload content of a corresponding packet in said original stream, and wherein the cloned packet stream comprises a single stream of data packets which includes multiple instances of cloned packets corresponding to each of the plurality of packets contained in said original stream; communicating, from said packet cloning logic to at least one packet assembly logic, said cloned packet stream, wherein said communicating provides for two or more cloned packets of said cloned packet stream for each of the plurality of packets contained in said original stream being directed from said packet cloning logic to a same packet assembly logic of said at least one packet assembly logic; and assembling, by said at least one packet assembly logic, at least one stream of packets corresponding to said original stream of packets for communication to at least one destination device.