Patent ID: 9178806
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a network device for forwarding a message, the method comprising: receiving, at a first input line card of the network device, a message to be forwarded toward a destination, the message including a destination address; determining, by the first input line card, that a second input line card of the network device is configured with routing information related to the destination address; transmitting the message, by the first input line card, to the second input line card based on the determination that the second input line card is configured with routing information related to the destination address; determining, by the second input line card and based on the routing information related to the destination address, that the message should be forwarded via a first output line card of the network device to another network device; transmitting the message, by the second input line card, to the first output line card based on the determination that the message should be forwarded via a first output line card of the network device to another network device; and transmitting the message, by the first output line card, to another network device.