Patent ID: 9385970
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for assigning resources in a network node, the method comprising: determining provisioning information in a data plane as a function of subscriber information available in the data plane; performing a look-up of data plane resources in the data plane, based on reception of a traffic packet in a traffic flow, as a function of the subscriber information to determine subscriber services; determining whether the subscriber information exists at a traffic processing element operating in the data plane and collecting data resources based on a first determination that the subscriber information exists; and assigning, in a fast-packet processing path in the data plane, the data plane resources in the data plane to the subscriber services in the network node, based on a second determination that the subscriber information does not exist at the traffic processing element, the assigning enabling processing of subsequent packets of the traffic flow based on the data plane resources assigned.