Title:
METHOD FOR DEFINING AND CONTROLLING THE OVERALL BEHAVIOR OF A NETWORK PROCESSOR DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001078308
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for controlling overall behavior of a network processor device implemented in a network processing environment servicing a communications network. The method includes steps of receiving a guided control frame including one or more control functions for configuring various functional devices within the network processor with device control parameter data; a step of forwarding one or more control functions from a received control frame to a functional device within the network processor to be configured; and, executing the control functions as specified in the control frame. A novel control frame data structure and communications infrastructure is implemented whereby any network processor device operating in a distributed network processing environment may be controlled in accordance with executed control functions and device control parameter data.
Inventors:
BASSO CLAUDE
GALLO ANTHONY MATTEO
HEDDES MARCO
HARIHARAN SEETA
RAO SRIDHAR
ROVER SONIA KIANG
GALLO ANTHONY MATTEO
HEDDES MARCO
HARIHARAN SEETA
RAO SRIDHAR
ROVER SONIA KIANG
Application Number:
PCT/GB2001/001600
Publication Date:
May 16, 2002
Filing Date:
April 10, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM (US)
IBM UK (GB)
IBM UK (GB)
International Classes:
H04L12/24; G06F13/10; H04L12/56; H04L29/06; (IPC1-7): H04L12/24
Foreign References:
| US5715246A | 1998-02-03 | |||
| US5914957A | 1999-06-22 | |||
| US5761192A | 1998-06-02 |
Other References:
SALISBURY ET AL: "Distributed, dynamic control of circuit-switched Banyan networks", PARALLEL PROCESSING SYMPOSIUM, 1998. IPPS/SPDP 1998. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST MERGED INTERNATIONAL... AND SYMPOSIUM ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING 1998 ORLANDO, FL, USA 30 MARCH-3 APRIL 1998, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 30 March 1998 (1998-03-30), pages 156 - 161, XP010276695, ISBN: 0-8186-8404-6
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