Patent ID: 11863467
Assignee: PENSANDO SYSTEMS INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A network appliance comprising:
an input means for receiving a network packet at a line rate;
a plurality of ingress queues;
a line rate classifier means for processing the network packet to select one of the ingress queues;
a packet buffer means for storing the network packet as one of a plurality of buffered network packets; and
a sub line rate processing means for processing the network packet after the network packet is stored in the packet buffer means,
wherein:
the line rate classification means places the network packet on the one of the ingress queues after using the network packet to select the one of the ingress queues;
the sub line rate processing means is configured to process the buffered network packets that are selected from the ingress queues;
the line rate classifier means and the sub line rate processing means operate concurrently; and
the line rate classifier means is configured to process the network packets at the line rate.