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2006
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Packet Classification with Evolvable Hardware Hash Functions - An Intrinsic Approach

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Packet Classification with Evolvable Hardware Hash Functions - An Intrinsic Approach
Bandwidth demands of communication networks are rising permanently. Thus, the requirements to modern routers regarding packet classification are rising accordingly. Conventional algorithms for packet classification use either a huge amount of memory or have high computational demands to perform the task. Using a hash function in order to classify packets is promising regarding both memory and computation time. However, such a hash function needs to be of high performance and cheap in hardware costs. These two design goals are contradictory. To limit the costs of a hardware implementation, known good hash functions, as used for software implementations of encryption algorithms, are applicable to only a limited extend. To achieve the goals mentioned above, an adaptive hash function is needed. In this paper, an approach for a hardware packet classifier using an evolvable hash function is presented. It consists of an evolutionary algorithm which is entirely implemented in hardware.
Harald Widiger, Ralf Salomon, Dirk Timmermann
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Type Conference
Year 2006
Where BIOADIT
Authors Harald Widiger, Ralf Salomon, Dirk Timmermann
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