Method and apparatus for multipath processing
US7366100B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/7453
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multipath processing architecture that allows multipath packets to be distributed across multiple paths using a hash function and a modulo-arithmetic-based mapping function is disclosed. In one embodiment, the multipath processing architecture is implemented as part of a packet classification engine of a network node.
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