Patent ID: 8908689
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing a packet, comprising: a connection module which is a switch fabric in a network device, multiple interface processing modules implemented on a service board or a master control board in the network device, and multiple service processing modules implemented on the service board in the network device, a service control module implemented on the master control board in the network device and connected with the multiple service processing modules, any one of the multiple interface processing modules being connected with any one of the multiple service processing modules through the connection module; wherein one interface processing module is adapted to receive a first packet from the outside of the apparatus; one service processing module is adapted to determine whether a second packet is an initial packet of a second session; the service control module is adapted to generate session forwarding information according to the initial packet of the session, and transmit the generated session forwarding information to the service processing module sending the initial packet of the session; the session forwarding information comprises a service processing module identity (ID); the one interface processing module is further adapted to if the first packet is not an initial packet of a session, transmit the first packet to a service processing module determined, the service processing module determined is a service processing module corresponding to one service processing module ID in one session forwarding information stored by the one interface processing module.