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System and methods for high rate hardware-accelerated network protocol processing

US7389462B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2004
Grant dateJun 17, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/188
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and methods for accelerating network protocol processing for devices configured to process network traffic at relatively high data rates. The system incorporates a hardware-accelerated protocol processing module that handles steady state network traffic and a software-based processing module that handles infrequent and exception cases in network traffic processing.

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