Patent ID: 8059543
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: generating, using one or more devices and based on a data unit, a value corresponding to a flow associated with the data unit; comparing, using the one or more devices, the generated value to one or more values associated with one or more flows, the one or more values being generated prior to the generated value; updating, using the one or more devices and based on a result of the comparing, a first entry, of a plurality of entries associated with a memory, corresponding to a first device that processes another data unit, with a value associated with a second entry, of the plurality of entries, that corresponds to a second device that processes the data unit, the other data unit being associated with the flow and preceding the data unit; and transmitting, using the one or more devices and at least one of the plurality of entries, the data unit based on an order of data units in the flow.