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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2024
Applicant:
Barefoot Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Remy Chang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Barefoot Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/0833 (2022.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 49/00 (2022.01); H04L 49/25 (2022.01); H04L 49/40 (2022.01); H04L 49/50 (2022.01); H04L 49/505 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 47/30 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 13/161 (2013.01); G06F 13/1642 (2013.01); H04L 41/0833 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 49/3063 (2013.01); H04L 49/40 (2013.01); H04L 49/501 (2013.01); H04L 49/505 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a network forwarding element that can be dynamically reconfigured to adjust its data message processing to stay within a desired operating temperature or power consumption range. In some embodiments, the network forwarding element includes (1) a data-plane forwarding circuit ('data plane') to process data tuples associated with data messages received by the IC, and (2) a control-plane circuit (“control plane”) for configuring the data plane forwarding circuit. The data plane includes several data processing stages to process the data tuples.