A technique classifies packets in a manner that enables the number of lookup operations performed when classifying a data packet to be reduced. A lookup operation is performed to identify a set of rules and a set of actions associated with the data packet. If the action is the same for all the rules...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7317723?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7317723 - Action based termination of multidimensional lookup
Action based termination of multidimensional lookup
