Lookup front end packet output processor

Distributed packet switching in a source routed cluster server

Method of caching contents by node and method of transmitting contents by contents provider in a content centric network

Distributed Storage of Routing Information in a Link State Protocol Controlled Network

Packet data processor in a communications processor architecture

Lookup front end packet input processor

Ensuring any-to-any reachability with opportunistic layer 3 forwarding in massive scale data center environments

Network service system and method with off-heap caching

Hashing-based routing table management

Hashing-based routing table management

Sliced routing table management with replication

Cached routing table management

Routing using cached source routes from message headers

Packet processing device for IP-based information-centric network

Protecting address resolution protocol neighbor discovery cache against denial of service attacks

Incremental update heuristics

Communication apparatus

Lookup cluster complex

Phased bucket pre-fetch in a network processor

Encapsulating/decapsulating data in hardware

Router and method of supplying power to memory unit in the same

Rule modification in decision trees

Flow cache mechanism for performing packet flow lookups in a network device

Secure resource name resolution using a cache

Method and apparatus for managing MAC address table

Connecting layer-2 domains over layer-3 networks

System and method for intelligent caching

Decision tree level merging

Multicast route cache system

Method and apparatus for multiple access of plural memory banks

Identifying duplication in decision trees

Lookup front end packet input processor

Packet classification

Method and apparatus encoding a rule for a lookup request in a processor

System and method for rule matching in a processor

Method and apparatus for assigning resources used to manage transport operations between clusters within a processor

Method and apparatus for managing processing thread migration between clusters within a processor

Method and apparatus for managing transfer of transport operations from a cluster in a processor

On-chip memory (OCM) physical bank parallelism

Method and apparatus for managing transport operations to a cluster within a processor

Lookup front end packet output processor

Work migration in a processor

Incremental update

System and method for storing lookup request rules in multiple memories

Lookup cluster complex

Lookup front end packet input processor

ROUTING TABLE ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND DEVICE AND ROUTING TABLE LOOKUP METHOD AND DEVICE

Cached routing service

Virtual machine packet processing

Cascaded memory tables for searching

Ethernet switching

System And Method for Lock-Less Multi-Core IP Forwarding

Distributed storage of routing information in a link state protocol controlled network

INTEGRATED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Method for defending against denial-of-service attack on the IPV6 neighbor cache

Data forwarding method, data processing method, system and relevant devices

Internet connection user communications system

Methods, systems and devices for multiphase decoding

Context switched route look up key engine

Positionally dependent pattern checking in character strings using deterministic finite automata

DATA STRUCTURE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDRESS LOOKUP

Differential delay compensation

Method and apparatus for routing data

INTEGRATED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Negotiated secure fast table lookups for protocols with bidirectional identifiers

System and method for an exact match search using pointer based pipelined multibit trie traversal technique

Hashing algorithm for network receive filtering

INTEGRATED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Energy-efficient communication method in group information-based sensor network and sensor network system using the method

Backbone edge switching apparatus and packet processing method of the backbone edge switching apparatus

Handling data packets received at a routing node

Just-in time forwarding information base

Method, device, computer program product and system for representing a partition of N W-bit intervals associated to D-bit data in a data communications network

Transaction storage determination via pattern matching

SIMD array operable to process different respective packet protocols simultaneously while executing a single common instruction stream

Associative memory having a mask function for use in a network device

Method for on demand distributed hash table update

Context switched route look up key engine

Method for optimizing a route cache

Bundling data in a single optical channel

SEARCH PROCESSOR AND SEARCH PROCESSING METHOD

Recursive packet header processing

Packet processing using braided tries

System and method for reassembling packets in relay node

Negotiated secure fast table lookups for protocols with bidirectional identifiers

NEXTHOP TO A FORWARDING TABLE

Methods and apparatus for providing emergency telephone service to IP-based telephone users

System and method for providing network mobility

Lookup engine with programmable memory topology

Communication apparatus and communication system

Distributed storage of routing information in a link state protocol controlled network

Routing apparatus

High speed flow control methodology

Secure Wireless Network Using Radiometric Signatures

Method of accelerating the shortest path problem

Method and apparatus for improving energy efficiency of mobile devices through energy profiling based rate adaptation

System and method for interference mitigation in wireless networks

Method and apparatus to vary the transmission bit rate within individual wireless packets through multi-rate packetization

Packet router having improved packet classification

Systems and methods for optimized route caching

Secure resource name resolution using a cache

Succinct representation of static packet classifiers

Ethernet switching

Device for performing IP forwarding and ATM switching

Pipeline architecture for a network device

Cascaded memory tables for searching

Network routing apparatus for enhanced efficiency and monitoring capability

IP forwarding across a link state protocol controlled ethernet network

Method and system for classifying network traffic

Integrated information communication system

Data item interval identifier lookup method and system

Transmitting information across firewalls

Virtual state machine for managing operation requests in a client server environment

Facilitating management of layer 2 hardware address table based on packet priority information

Distributed database system using master server to generate lookup tables for load distribution

Network switching system

Converged infiniband over ethernet network

System and method for a shared I/O subsystem

Method and system for reducing look-up time in packet forwarding on computer networks

Method and device for processing frames

Routing traffic through a virtual router-based network switch

Packet-processing apparatus and method

Protocol-Independent Packet Header Analysis

Node device, information process method, and recording medium recording node device program

Method and system for network data transmitting

SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A PACKET HEADER LOOKUP

Frame Relay Device

Method and apparatus for bond management according to hierarchy

Methods and devices for generating and forwarding translated MAC addresses

System and method to process data packets in a network using stateful decision trees

Methods and apparatus for routing packets

Reduced arbitration routing system and method

Method for transmitting data in messages via a communication link of a communication system, as well as a communication module, user of a communication system, and communication system for implementing this method

Method and system for transmitting information across a firewall

Memory management unit for a network switch

Routing table architecture

Shared input-output device

Distributed storage of routing information in a link state protocol controlled network

Generation and use of CRC in communications network

Associative memory having a mask function for use in a network device

Methods and apparatus for protecting against IP address assignments based on a false MAC address

Label assignment algorithm with receive-side processing implementation

Methods and Apparatus for Performing Packet Processing Operations in a Network

Positionally dependent pattern checking in character strings using deterministic finite automata

Network switch memory interface configuration

Generation and use of CRC in communications network

Method and system for classifying packets in a network based on meta rules

Packet classification method for networks with static routing

Method for facilitating forwarding of data packets through a node of a data transfer network using multiple types of forwarding tables

Providing a symmetric key for efficient session identification

MAC address learning in a distributed bridge

Method and network device for fast look-up in a connection-oriented communication

Methods and apparatus for performing network operations on packets of data in response to content of particular user-specified protocol header fields

System and program product for facilitating forwarding of data packets through a node of a data transfer network using multiple types of forwarding tables

Method for on demand distributed hash table update

Transmission apparatus

NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MIRRORING PACKETS

Method and apparatus for filtering packet data in a network device

Data processing architectures

Data processing architectures for packet handling using a SIMD array

System and method for providing simultaneous handling of layer-2 and layer-3 mobility in an internet protocol network environment

Methods, systems, and computer program products for selective layer 2 port blocking using layer 2 source addresses

Accelerating the shortest path problem

Method of accelerating the shortest path problem

Packet processing apparatus and method

Network gateway and communication frame relaying method

Integrated information communication system

Method for defending against denial-of-service attack on the IPV6 neighbor cache

Routing traffic through a virtual router-based network switch

Hashing algorithm for network receive filtering

HIGH SPEED DATA CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Compact packet operation device and method

Method for classifying packets using multi-class structures

Processing packet headers

Method and processor for classifying data packet units

Low latency working VPLS

Automatic protection of an SP infrastructure against exterior traffic

Direct lookup tables and extensions thereto for packet classification

System and method for deriving IPv6 scope indentifiers and for mapping the identifiers into IPv6 addresses

Network switching architecture with multiple table synchronization, and forwarding of both IP and IPX packets

Packet transfer apparatus

Cascading of gigabit switches

Method for performing a packet header lookup

Performing extended lookups on MAC-based tables including level 3 multicast group destination addresses

Differential delay compensation

Multi-layered packet processing device

Virtual address storage which may be of particular use in generating fragmented packets

Lookup table circuit structure for network switch device

Layout architecture for expandable network device

Table searching techniques in a network device

Dynamic table sharing of memory space within a network device

Two stage parser for a network

Pipeline architecture for a network device

Filter based range check in a network device

Recirculation buffer for semantic processor

Data transfer device

Gigabit switch with frame forwarding and address learning

Policy based routing using a fast filter processor

CPU transmission of unmodified packets

Data retrieval method and device

Information communication controller interface apparatus and method

Bit string check method and device

Optimization of routing forwarding database in a network processor

Network retrieval system, information retrieval method, bridge device and program

Engine for comparing a key with rules having high and low values defining a range

Array machine context data memory

Lookup interface for array machine context data memory

Network switching architecture with fast filtering processor

Method and system for determining conformance of a data key with rules by means of memory lookups

Lookup engine

Lookup engine

Apparatus and method for searching trie trees using masks with non-symbol boundaries and flooding default routes in a massively parallel router

Individually programmable most significant bits of VLAN ID

Methods and apparatus for selection of mirrored traffic

Apparatus and method for managing memory in a network switch

Method and apparatus to support a large internet protocol forwarding information base

Device for performing IP forwarding and ATM switching

System, device, and method for address management in a distributed communication environment

Full match (FM) search algorithm implementation for a network processor

Apparatus for selecting and sorting packets from a packet data transmission network

Distributed forwarding in virtual network devices

Fast rule lookup with arbitrary IP range configurations

Method, system and program product for facilitating forwarding of data packets through a node of a data transfer network using multiple types of forwarding tables

IP multicast packet burst absorption and multithreaded replication architecture

Address resolution snoop support for CPU

Network switch having a programmable counter

Packet classification

Maintaining and distributing relevant routing information base updates to subscribing clients in a device

System and method for efficient storage and processing of IPv6 addresses

Secure communication system, comprising a local network such as ethernet, in particular on board an aircraft

Set-associative memory architecture for routing tables

Method and apparatus for assisting a mobile node to transmit a packet

Method and apparatus for providing internal table extensibility with external interface

Flexible DMA descriptor support

Flexible DMA descriptor support

Full match (FM) search algorithm implementation for a network processor

Mirroring in a stacked network switch configuration

Method of network address port translation and gateway using the same

Method for control of communications from edge device of access network, and edge device and network management module for performing method

Packet switching node

Apparatus and method for classifying traffic in a distributed architecture router

Data structure for range-specified algorithms

Network switch

Method and apparatus to perform aging

Associative memory and its retrieving method and router and network system

Routing cache management with route fragmentation

Stacked network switch configuration

Method and apparatus for multi-chip address resolution lookup synchronization in a network environment

Backbone network traffic efficiency analysis

Prime re-shuffled assisted carp

Metric computation for traceroute probes using cached data to prevent a surge on destination servers

Network forwarding element with key-value processing in the data plane

Method and system for computer data routing optimization

Control plane compression of next hop information

Security association and location mapping decoupling in overlay networks

Router operating methods and apparatus using virtual VPN instances for hosts of remote extranet VPNs

Forwarding information base caching

Data plane with flow learning circuit

Network forwarding element with key-value processing in the data plane

Distributing key-value pairs to forwarding elements for caching

Packet processing cache

Mesh network addressing

Routing mode and point-of-presence selection service

Selecting network services based on hostname

Cache preloading

Method and system for processing network packets

End-to-end cache for network elements

Scalable distributed parallel access memory systems with internet routing applications

System and method for diverting established communication sessions on the basis of content