Systems and methods for stateful packet processing

• Main Authors: Melman, David, Mizrahi, Tal
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2021
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Methods and systems are provided for processing a received packet based on associated state information. A packet processor of a network device receives a packet from a network. The received packet is classified as belonging to at least one respective identified flow from among a plurality of identified flows. For a respective received packet that belongs to an identified flow a current state value for the identified flow is ascertained based on a state table. The current state value is assigned to the respective received packet based on the current state value using the state table for the identified flow. A packet processing operation is subsequently performed on the respective received packet based in part on the state value of the identified flow to which the respective packet belongs.