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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:

Sandeep Bhadra, Dallas, TX (US);

Aman A. Kokrady, Bangalore, IN;

Patrick W. Bosshart, Plano, TX (US);

Hun-seok Kim, Addison, TX (US);

Inventors:

Sandeep Bhadra, Dallas, TX (US);

Aman A. Kokrady, Bangalore, IN;

Patrick W. Bosshart, Plano, TX (US);

Hun-Seok Kim, Addison, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/3009 (2013.01); H04L 49/356 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for performing packet lookups is provided. Packets (which each have a body and a header) are received and parsed to parsing headers. A hash function is applied to each header, and each hashed header is compared with a plurality of binary rules stored within a primary table, where each binary rule is a binary version of at least one ternary rule from a first set of ternary rules. For each match failure with the plurality of rules, a secondary table is searched using the header associated with each match failure, where the secondary table includes a second set of ternary rules.


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