System and method for facilitating efficient packet forwarding using a message state table in a network interface controller (NIC)
US11855881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/28
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment provides a network interface controller (NIC). The NIC can include a storage device, a network interface, a hardware list-processing engine (LPE), and a message state table (MST) logic block. The storage device can store an MST. The network interface can couple the NIC to a network. The LPE can perform message matching on a first packet of a message received via the network interface. The MST logic block can store results of the message matching in the MST and receive a request to read the results of the message matching from the MST if the NIC receives a second packet associated with the message.
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