Flexible and extensible receive side scaling
US8150981B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides in response to receiving a packet, looking up a packet characteristic in one of at least one protocol table to determine one or more fields of the packet to use as a hash value, applying a hash function to the hash value to obtain a hash result, and using the hash result to determine one of a plurality of processors on which to process the packet.
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