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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Dennis C. Ferguson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rajiv Patel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gerald Cheung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pradeep Sindhu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Dennis C. Ferguson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rajiv Patel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gerald Cheung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pradeep Sindhu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for processing packets are provided. The processing device may Include an input interface for receiving data units containing header information of respective packets; a first module configurable to perform packet filtering based on the received data units; a second module configurable to perform traffic analysis based on the received data units; a third module configurable to perform load balancing based on the received data units; and a fourth module configurable to perform route lookups based on the received data units.