Topological transformation approaches to optimizing TCAM-based packet classification systems

SIGMETRICS/Performance'09 - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-84

  Meiners, Chad R ^a   Liu, Alex X ^a   Torng, Eric ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Packet classification; Range encoding; TCAM

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN COMPRESSION; HYPERRECTANGLES; LARGE POWER; NEW APPROACHES; PACKET CLASSIFICATION; RANGE ENCODING; RANGE EXPANSION; RE-ENCODING; SPACE COMPRESSION; SPACE REDUCTIONS; TOPOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION;

CLASSIFIERS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); LEARNING SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS; SEMANTICS;

LOGIC GATES;

EID: 70449671242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1555349.1555359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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