Connecting an external network coprocessor to a network processor packet parser

• Main Authors: Fabrice J Verplanken, Chih-Jen Chang, Colin Verrilli, Damon Philippe, Natarajan Vaidhyanathan, Jean L Calvignac, Claude Basso
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.12.2017
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A network processor includes first communication protocol ports that each support 'M' minimum size packet data path traffic on 'N' lanes at 'S' Gigabits per second (Gbps) and traffic with different communication protocol units on 'n' additional lanes at '...