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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Applicants:
David T. Hass, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kaushik Kuila, San Jose, CA (US);
Ahmed Shahid, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David T. Hass, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kaushik Kuila, San Jose, CA (US);
Ahmed Shahid, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/743 (2013.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2013.01); G06F 9/30054 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/7453 (2013.01); H04L 45/7457 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for allocating a plurality of packets to different processor threads. In operation, a plurality of packets are parsed to gather packet information. Additionally, a parse operation is performed utilizing the packet information to generate a key, and a hash algorithm is performed on this key to produce a hash. Further, the packets are allocated to different processor threads, utilizing the hash or the key.