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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Ching-Liang Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Lun Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
MEDIATEK INC., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); H04L 49/90 (2022.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/9026 (2013.01); G06F 9/5016 (2013.01); G06F 13/1673 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/42 (2013.01); G06F 2213/2806 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packet forwarding apparatus includes a first storage device and a processor. The first storage device has a plurality of buffers allocated therein, and at least one buffer included in the plurality of buffers is arranged to buffer at least one packet. The processor is arranged to execute a Linux kernel to perform software-based packet forwarding associated with the at least one packet. The at least one buffer allocated in the first storage device is recycled through direct memory access (DMA) management, and is reused for buffering at least one other packet.