申请人:Wolf Bernd
公开号:US20110172436A1
公开(公告)日:2011-07-14
The invention provides an Ethernet bridge or router comprising a network fabric adapted to provide interconnectivity to a plurality of Ethernet ports, each of the Ethernet ports being adapted to receive and/or transmit Ethernet frames, and wherein the Ethernet bridge or router further comprises an encapsulator connected to receive Ethernet Protocol Data Units from the Ethernet ports, wherein the encapsulator is operable to generate a Fabric Protocol Data Unit from a received Ethernet Protocol Data Unit, the Fabric Protocol Data Unit comprising a header portion, and a payload portion which comprises the Ethernet Protocol Data Unit concerned, and wherein the encapsulator is operable to transform Ethernet destination address information from the Ethernet Protocol Data Unit into a routing definition for the network fabric, and to include this routing definition in the header portion of the Fabric Protocol Data Unit. Also provided is a method of data delivery across a network.
该发明提供了一种以太网桥或路由器,包括一个网络结构,适用于为多个以太网端口提供互连性,每个以太网端口适用于接收和/或传输以太网帧,以及该以太网桥或路由器进一步包括一个封装器,连接到以太网端口以接收以太网协议数据单元,其中该封装器能够从接收到的以太网协议数据单元生成一个面向网络结构的协议数据单元,该面向网络结构的协议数据单元包括一个头部部分和一个负载部分,该负载部分包括所涉及的以太网协议数据单元,该封装器能够将以太网协议数据单元中的目的地址信息转换为网络结构的路由定义,并将该路由定义包含在面向网络结构的协议数据单元的头部部分中。还提供了一种通过网络进行数据传递的方法。