| US 7,522,627 B2 | ||
| System and method for packet forwarding | ||
| Vincent Lam, Mountain View, Calif. (US); Adrian Caceres, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); Joseph R. Eykholt, Los Altos, Calif. (US); and Lawrence Huston, Wexford, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 13, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/244,146. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/322555, filed on Sep. 14, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0072318 A1, Apr. 17, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/54 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—427 [370/428] | 29 Claims |
| 1. A system for packet forwarding, comprising:
an operating system kernel which is configured to implement a plurality of network protocol suites and which has a plurality
of different kernel priority levels;
a plurality of packet forwarding paths, wherein the packet forwarding paths are associated with the plurality of different
kernel priority levels; and
a packet classifier configured to dynamically select a forwarding path from the plurality of forwarding paths.
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