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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Pradeep K. Kathail, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Claude A. Cartee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zhanhe Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep K. Kathail, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Claude A. Cartee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zhanhe Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically building a packet processing chain includes providing a plurality of packet processing elements. For each element of a first subset of elements operations indications are provided. For each element of a second subset of elements, expectations indications are provided. Finally, the chain is built by combining elements to form the chain according to a configuration requirement. Elements are selected such that an element's indicated expectations are satisfied by the time it executes, as indicated by the operations indications of the previous chain element.