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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Manoj Leelanivas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ravi Vaidyanathan, Fremont, CA (US);
Ken Kuwabara, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Manoj Leelanivas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ravi Vaidyanathan, Fremont, CA (US);
Ken Kuwabara, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A router receives destination address information for a packet and determines, among entries in a first forwarding table, a closest match for the received destination address information. The router receives a pointer to a second forwarding table in accordance with the closest match determined in the first forwarding table and determines, among entries in the second forwarding table, a closest match for the received destination address information.