Patent ID: 9401890
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A network element operational as a source network element, the network element comprising: a data interface that connects to a data transfer network; and a processor configured to: wherein the protocol data unit comprises at least one of the following destination addresses: an L3 network layer destination address, a destination address related to a protocol layer below the L3 network layer, wherein the processor is further configured to set a result of the first hash-function to be at least a part of at least one of the following: the L3 network layer destination address, the destination address related to the protocol layer below the L3 network layer, and wherein the processor is yet further configured to set data, which is either of a part of or related to the entity to be accessed, to be at least a part of a payload data of the protocol data unit.