Inventor

PULLELA VENKATESHWAR RAO

US17 patents

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PULLELA VENKATESHWAR RAO

CISCO TECH INC

Identifying a flow identification value mask based on a flow identification value of a packet

Methods and apparatus for mapping fields of entries into new values and combining these mapped values into mapped entries for use in lookup operations such as for packet processing

Performing lookup operations in a content addressable memory based on hashed values of particular use in maintaining statistics for packet flows

Translating native medium access control (MAC) addresses to hierarchical MAC addresses and their use

Search engine for forwarding table content addressable memory

Reducing the number of block masks required for programming multiple access control list in an associative memory

Generating and merging lookup results to apply multiple features

Performing lookup operations using associative memories optionally including modifying a search key in generating a lookup word and possibly forcing a no-hit indication in response to matching a particular entry

Associative memory entries with force no-hit and priority indications of particular use in implementing policy maps in communication devices

Generating accounting data based on access control list entries

Performing lookup operations on associative memory entries

Policy-based processing of packets

Method and apparatus for processing packets based on information extracted from the packets and context indications such as but not limited to input interface characteristics

Generating and merging lookup results to apply multiple features

Limiting unauthorized sources in a multicast distribution tree

Associative memory with invert result capability

CISCO TECH IND

Search engine for forwarding table content addressable memory