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Method and apparatus for managing a network flow in a high performance network interface

  • US 6,650,640 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/1999
  • Issued: 11/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing a communication flow comprising one or more packets received by a network interface, the method comprising:

  • identifying a flow index of a packet received at a network interface, wherein said flow index identifies a communication flow comprising said packet;

    searching a flow database for a flow record comprising said flow index;

    at a flow database manager, generating an operation code representing an eligibility of said packet for one or more predetermined processes; and

    forwarding said operation code to a reassembly engine configured to reassemble a data portion of the packet with a data portion of another packet in the communication flow.

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