Patent · US Expired

Network adapter with embedded deep packet processing

US6947430B2 · kind B2 · utility

47Cited by

18References

46Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Hrvoje Bilic · Haifa, IL
Giora Biran · Jerusalem, IL
Igor Chirashnya · Haifa, IL
Georgy Machulsky · San Jose, US
Claudiu Schiller · Haifa, IL
Tal Sostheim · Kiryat Tivon, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2001
Grant date	Sep 20, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/22
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network interface device includes host interface logic, arranged to receive from a host processor a frame of outgoing data that includes outgoing header information and outgoing payload data, and to separate the header information from the payload data. A transmit protocol processor is coupled to read and process the outgoing header information from the outgoing header memory so as to generate at least one outgoing packet header in accordance with a predetermined network protocol. Transmit logic is coupled to receive and associate the at least one outgoing packet header with the outgoing payload data from the outgoing data memory, so as to generate at least one outgoing data packet for transmission over a network in accordance with the protocol.

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