Packet switching
US8031606B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/109
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that may include an integrated circuit including switch circuitry to determine, at least in part, an action to be executed involving a packet. This determination may be based, at least in part, upon flow information determined, at least in part, from the packet, and packet processing policy information. The circuitry may examine the policy information to determine whether a previously-established packet processing policy has been established that corresponds, at least in part, to the flow information. If the circuitry determines, at least in part, that the policy has not been established and the packet is a first packet in a flow corresponding at least in part to the flow information, the switch circuitry may request that at least one switch control program module establish, at least in part, a new packet processing policy corresponding, at least in part, to the flow information.
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