UNITÉ STANDARD D'ÉMISSION-RÉCEPTION ENFICHABLE SOUS TENSION ET PROCÉDÉ DE MISE EN UVRE D'UNE FONCTIONNALITÉ DE MICRO-MISE EN ANTÉMÉMOIRE

摘要

Transceiving unit and method for implementing a micro-caching functionality. The transceiving unit comprises a housing adapted for insertion into a chassis of a hosting unit. Cached contents are stored in memory of the transceiving unit. The transceiving unit receives a request for a content and determines if the requested content belongs to the cached contents stored in the memory. If the determination is positive, the requested content is retrieved from the memory and transmitted by the transceiving unit. If the determination is negative, the request for the content is forwarded by the transceiving unit. A determination is made that given content(s) stored in the memory shall no longer be cached. A determination is also made that a requested content shall be cached in the memory. For instance, the transceiving unit is a standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit such as an SFP unit.