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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Amir Bishara, Tel-Aviv Jaffa, IL;
Shira Turgeman, Nirit, IL;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L.) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A packet received via a network is stored in a packet memory. Information in a header of the packet is analyzed to determine one or more ports to which the packet is to be forwarded. The packet is read from the packet memory. It is ascertained whether the packet is of a multicast-type. In response to determining that the packet is the multicast-type, packet data that is i) read from the packet memory and ii) corresponds to the packet, is stored in a packet cache; the packet data is read from the packet cache, and multiple instances of the packet are forwarded to appropriate ports without further accessing the packet memory.