Methods and apparatus for storage and processing of routing information
US7796587B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/54
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for processing a plurality of sets of routing information received from corresponding ones of a plurality of neighbor nodes connectable to a router, the router having a plurality of memory units accessible via separate paths. The method comprises creating a respective plurality of non-identical routing information subsets from each of at least one of the received sets of routing information; accessing the plurality of memory units via the separate access paths; and storing the plurality of non-identical routing information subsets created from a given one of said received sets of routing information in respective ones of the plurality of memory units. By providing a distributed memory architecture for storing routing information, an increase in a router's memory requirements can be met by increasing the number of memory units.
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