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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Zixiong Wang, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/743 (2013.01); H04L 12/749 (2013.01); H04L 12/879 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/745 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/7457 (2013.01); G06F 17/30982 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 45/748 (2013.01); H04L 49/901 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) configured to store a root node for each of a plurality of tries resulting in a plurality of root nodes, and at least one non-TCAM memory configured to store associated data that identifies each of the plurality of root nodes, and store a plurality of network address prefixes represented by one or more subtries which belong to a trie in the plurality of tries, wherein each subtrie is locatable at least partially based on the associated data for the root node.