Network traffic analysis using a flow table
US8169910B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device may receive a data unit at a line interface of a network device, convey the data unit to a first component in the line interface, update a flow table in the first component based on the data unit, send a message to a second component in the network device, the message describing the update to the flow table, and forward the data unit from the first component to another line interface in the network device.
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