[54] DATA PACKET ROUTER
[75] Inventors: Craig Partridge, El Cerrito, Calif.;
Walter C. Milliken, Dover, N.H.
[73] Assignee: GTE Internetworking Incorporated,
Cambridge, Mass.
[21] Appl. No.: 08/928,712 [22] Filed: Sep. 12, 1997
[51] Int. CI.7 H04L 12/28; H04L 12/56
[52] U.S. CI 370/401; 370/359
[58] Field of Search 370/401, 229,
370/230, 231, 235, 351, 356, 360, 363, 366, 367, 389, 391, 392, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 409, 411, 359, 362, 400, 402, 419, 420, 422
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