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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Richard L. Gray, Cary, NC (US);
Chris O'rourke, Apex, NC (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Humberto M. Tavares, Cary, NC (US);
Biswaranjan Panda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bhaskar Bhupalam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard L. Gray, Cary, NC (US);
Chris O'Rourke, Apex, NC (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Humberto M. Tavares, Cary, NC (US);
Biswaranjan Panda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bhaskar Bhupalam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet at a network processor, and determining the packet is to be directed to a selected one of a plurality of traffic processors if a tunnel endpoint identifier of the packet is associated with a subscriber terminal. The method further includes determining that the packet is to be directed to the selected one of the plurality of traffic processors if a destination address of the packet is associated with the subscriber terminal. The method still further includes distributing the packet to the selected one of the plurality of traffic processors.