Patent ID: 6980549
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of accelerating the routing of frames by an acceleration switch within a network, comprising: receiving, by the acceleration switch, frames directed to one of one or more routers or switches of the network; determining, for at least some of the received frames, whether the frames belong to a first list of frame groups, defined by values of a plurality of frame parameters; and routing, by the acceleration switch, at least some of the received frames, the routed frames being selected responsive to the determining; wherein the first list of frame groups is one of a plurality of lists of frame groups including at least one additional list of frame groups different than the first list of frame groups; wherein one or more frame parameters defining the groups of the at least one additional list are not the same parameters as the plurality of frame parameters which define the groups of the first list; and wherein the acceleration switch compares the received frames to one of the first or at least one additional lists.