Using stateful traffic management data to perform packet processing
US10911377B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/101
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for an ingress packet processing pipeline of a network forwarding integrated circuit (IC). The ingress packet processing pipeline is for receiving packets from a port of the network forwarding IC and processing the packets to assign different packets to different queues of a traffic management unit of the network forwarding IC. The method receives state data from the traffic management unit. The method stores the state data in a stateful table. The method assigns a particular packet to a particular queue based on the state data received from the traffic management unit and stored in the stateful table.
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