Apparatus, system, and method for resequencing packets

A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a plurality of packets; identifying whether a particular packet, of the plurality of packets, is part of a sequenced flow; identifying whether a particular sequence number of the particular packet is being received within a time window; iden...

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Hauptverfasser:	DARBY BENJAMIN NELSON, HAMMOND MAYNARD DARVEL, NI ZHIFANG, WHITLOW ANDREW GRAHAM, AKINS, III GLENDON LEO, HANNA CHARAF, SHALLOW GALE L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a plurality of packets; identifying whether a particular packet, of the plurality of packets, is part of a sequenced flow; identifying whether a particular sequence number of the particular packet is being received within a time window; identifying whether the particular packet was a next expected packet for a particular flow; and forwarding the particular packet to a next destination. In more particular embodiments, packet inspection is used to set one or more flags for identifying characteristics associated with the plurality of packets. Certain packets in non-sequenced flows are routed directly from an input interface to an output interface of a resequencer module using a flow-through packet path.