Method and apparatus for terminating selected traffic flows

Details Method and apparatus for terminating selected traffic flows Method and apparatus for terminating selected traffic flows

2007-10-30

2007-10-30

Chin, Wellington (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Control of data admission to the network

C370S235000, C370S392000, C711S108000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10613892

ABSTRACT:
A traffic management processor configured to selectively terminate individual traffic flows includes an instruction decoder to receive a termination instruction specifying which traffic flows are to be deleted, and a content addressable memory device having a plurality of rows, each including a flow ID and termination bit for a corresponding packet.

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