Bit weaving: A non-prefix approach to compressing packet classifiers in TCAMs

Proceedings - International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 93-102

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

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION RATIOS; COMPRESSION SCHEME; COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES; DE FACTO STANDARD; HIGH COSTS; HIGH POWER CONSUMPTION; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PACKET CLASSIFICATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REAL-WORLD; STAND -ALONE; TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORIES; TOPOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION;

CLASSIFIERS; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LOGIC GATES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TERMINOLOGY;

WEAVING;

EID: 71949103083     PISSN: 10921648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICNP.2009.5339695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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