Sketch table for traffic profiling and measurement
US11601531B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9005
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment provides a network system. The network system includes an application layer to execute one or more networking applications to generate or receive data packets having flow identification (ID) information; and a packet processing layer having profiling circuitry to generate a sketch table indicative of packet flow count data; the sketch table having a plurality of buckets, each bucket includes a first section including a plurality of data fields, each data field of the first section to store flow ID and packet count data, each bucket also having a second section having a plurality of data fields, each data field of the second section to store packet count data.
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