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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Asaf Koren, Natanya, IL;
Ifat Naaman, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eliezer Weitz, Holon, IL;
Alex Goldstein, Natanya, IL;
Yariv Aviram, Bet Yehoshua, IL;
Asaf Koren, Natanya, IL;
Ifat Naaman, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eliezer Weitz, Holon, IL;
Alex Goldstein, Natanya, IL;
Yariv Aviram, Bet Yehoshua, IL;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A network processor for performing residential gateway processing tasks. The network processor includes a first cluster of packet processors and a second cluster of packet processors, wherein each of the first cluster and the second cluster includes a main packet processor and a secondary packet processor, wherein the main packet processor performs at least routing of incoming packets and the secondary packet processor performs off-loading tasks for the main packet processor; a plurality of Ethernet media access control (MAC) adapters for interfacing with a plurality of subscriber devices connected to a residential gateway; an external-network MAC adapter for interfacing with a wide area network (WAN) connected to the network processor; and an ingress handler for at least load balancing the processing of packets between the first cluster and the second cluster.