Method for operating a router having multiple processing paths
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
InventorELIZABETH SUET H. TSE-AU
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Abstract
A method for processing a packet having a header and a payload, the method including filtering the header to determine needs indicated by the packet header, selecting one of a time sensitive logical processing path, a non-time-sensitive logical processing path and a special needs logical processing path in response to the needs indicated by the packet header and processing the filtered packet header on the selected logical processing path.
Claims20
A method for processing a packet having a header and a payload, comprising:
- filtering the header to determine at least one need indicated by the packet header;
- selecting one of a time sensitive logical processing path, a non-time-sensitive logical processing path and a special needs logical processing path in response to the at least one need indicated by the packet header;
- and
- processing the filtered packet header on the selected logical processing path.
A method for processing a packet having a header and a payload, comprising:
- receiving the packet;
- stripping a header from the packet;
- storing the payload of the packet in a buffer;
- determining at least one need of the packet header;
- and
- in response to the at least one need of the packet header, processing the packet header on one of:
- a time-sensitive logical processing path, a non-time-sensitive logical processing path;
- and a router special needs agent (RSNA) logical processing path.
A system for processing a packet having a header and a payload, comprising:
- means for filtering the header to determine at least one need indicated by the packet header;
- means for selecting one of a time sensitive logical processing path, a non-time-sensitive logical processing path and a special needs logical processing path in response to the at least one need indicated by the packet header;
- and
- means for processing the filtered packet header on the selected logical processing path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.