ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,719, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Systems for and methods of unified packet recirculation" was invented by Sachin P. Kadu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an ingress data buffer, an ingress processor, an egress processor, and a recirculation data buffer. The apparatus is configured to provide unified packet recirculation via the recirculation data buffer and a single recirculation port on the ingress data buffer. The apparatus can be a switch, router or other network device."

The patent was filed on March 7, 2024, under Applicati...