Communication Device Ingress Information Management System And Method

A communication device comprising:

• a plurality of input ports to receive packets;
• a storage component containing a plurality of storage buffer segments, wherein the storage buffer segments are each assigned to one of a plurality of classification types;
• an ingress management component coupled to the plurality of input ports and the storage component, wherein the ingress management component includes:
• a classifier to classify each of the packets received through the plurality of input ports into one of the plurality of classification types based upon information in the packets;
• classification filters to write the packets into corresponding ones of the plurality of storage buffer segments based upon the classification types of the packets;
• counters respectively associated with the classification filters to track flow of packets associated with the respective classification filter;
• and
• a processor to process packets from the plurality of storage buffer segments.

A communication device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that cause the processor to:
• classify each of a plurality of packets received through a plurality of input ports into one of a plurality of classification types based upon information in the packets;
• assign each of the plurality of packets to be written into one of a plurality of storage buffer segments that is assigned to a classification type that matches the classification type of the packet, wherein each of the plurality of storage buffer segments is assigned to one of the plurality of classification types;
• and
• track flow of packets into and out of the plurality of storage buffer segments using counters.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a set of instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

• access packets received through a plurality of input ports;
• classify the packets received through the plurality of input ports into one of a plurality of classification types based upon information in the packets;
• write each of the packets to a corresponding one of a plurality of storage buffer segments that is assigned a classification type that matches the classification type of the packets;
• and
• track flow of packets into and out of the plurality of storage buffer segments using counters respectively associated with each storage buffer segment.