Managing a flow table
US9065724B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device may include a flow table to store, in flow table records, statistics associated with a number of data flows, and a flow type table to store, in flow type table records, information that indicates whether to store statistics in the flow table for each of a number of types of data flows, information that indicates a manner for sampling data units associated with the data flows, and/or information that indicates when to delete flow table records from the flow table.
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