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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Improving the architecture of middleboxes or service routers to better consolidate diverse functions
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Norbert Egi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Guangyu Shi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/773 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01); H04L 12/863 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/60 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 47/621 (2013.01); H04L 47/6255 (2013.01); H04L 2012/6489 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising at least one receiver configured to receive a traffic flow, receive information comprising a set of functions and an order of the set from a controller, and a processor coupled to the at least one receiver and configured to assign the traffic flow to one or more resources, determine a processing schedule for the traffic flow, and process the traffic flow by the set of functions, following the order of the set, using the one or more resources, and according to the processing schedule.