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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
Ricky Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Tefcros Anthias, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kollivakkam R. Raghavan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex Yiu-man Chan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ricky Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Tefcros Anthias, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kollivakkam R. Raghavan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex Yiu-Man Chan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for reducing the sizes of application layer messages in a network element such as a network switch or router. According to one aspect, the network element receives data packets and determines an original application layer message that is collectively contained in payload portions of the data packets. The network element compresses the original application layer message into a compressed message, and sends the compressed message toward an application that is hosted on a device other than the network element. According to another aspect, the network element receives data packets and determines a compressed message that is collectively contained in payload portions of the data packets. The network element decompresses the compressed message into an original application layer message, and sends the original application layer message toward an application that is hosted on a device other than the network element. Compressed messages consume less network bandwidth.