A method, system, and computer program product are presented to optimize OSI Level 2 switch forwarding of frames comprising IP addresses, 802.1 QinQ VLAN identifiers, multi-protocol label switching labels, and any other usable information meaningful to derive an L2 forwarding result on frames. In one...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7586895?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7586895 - Performing extended lookups on MAC-based tables including level 3 multicast group destination addresses
Performing extended lookups on MAC-based tables including level 3 multicast ...