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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eran Gampel, Herzliya, IL;
Gal Sagie, Hod-HaSharon, IL;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/771 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/775 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/38 (2013.01); G06F 9/50 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 45/56 (2013.01); H04L 49/20 (2013.01); H04L 49/3009 (2013.01); H04L 63/0218 (2013.01); H04L 63/1458 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/583 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packet forwarding device and a system using same are provided. The packet forwarding device includes a datapath forwarding hardware unit for processing a first set of packets matching a first set of rules of a rules table. The packet forwarding device further includes a datapath forwarding software unit for generating or modifying the rules table and for processing a second set of packets matching a second set of rules of the rules table and applying a service to the second set of packets.