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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2004
Bashar Said Bou-diab, Ottawa, CA;
Lyle Strub, Ottawa, CA;
Milan Zoranovic, Kanata, CA;
Gerard Damm, Plano, TX (US);
Jerome Cornet, Ottawa, CA;
Bashar Said Bou-Diab, Ottawa, CA;
Lyle Strub, Ottawa, CA;
Milan Zoranovic, Kanata, CA;
Gerard Damm, Plano, TX (US);
Jerome Cornet, Ottawa, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A selective, flow-based datapath architecture is described. A Flow Control Block Manager (FCBM) is located in a flow-based datapath for selectively and intelligently processing packets in the Flow Path. If, according to the FCBM, efficiency gains can be achieved by creating a flow control block and employing flow-based processing on a packet stream, the packets are processed accordingly. If, however, insufficient gains are anticipated the packets are processed in a flow-unaware manner. The FCBM determines the manner in which to process packets based on a set of criteria.