Patent ID: 8780899
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for data distribution across a trunked network, the method comprising: receiving a data packet at a packet processing node, the data packet including at least two layers, each layer including a plurality of existing fields; upon receipt of the data packet, modifying at least one existing field in a first layer of the data packet based on information in at least one existing field in a second layer of the data packet and based on a lookup table, and wherein the modified information in the at least one existing field in the first layer includes a modified Media Access Control (MAC) address, and the lookup table includes a plurality of MAC addresses corresponding to a plurality of ports in the trunked network, wherein each of the plurality of MAC addresses includes a plurality of order bits including highest and lowest bits, and wherein the MAC addresses differ only in a limited selection of at least one bit; and determining the line of the trunked network that the data packet will be sent to based on the at least one modified field representing the first layer of the data packet.