Patent ID: 8964759
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for direct access to information stored in nodes of a packet switching network, wherein said method comprises the steps of: collecting pointers to memory locations at which information necessary for processing packets belonging to a same flow is stored in each node of the network; constructing a distributed linked data structure (DLDS) in which the pointers are contained inside packets that traverse nodes constituting a flow path between a sender node and a receiver node; using said DLDS for direct access to the information stored in a node in the flow path, using a pointer of the DLDS contained in a packet in transit; and selecting the pointer of the DLDS contained in the packet in transit based on a position of the pointer in a sequence contained in said packet, said position being equal to a serial number of the node in the flow path.