Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving data having an address at a network switch having at least one protocol processor, and hashing at least part of the address to obtain an identifier of a protocol processor in the switch. Source address preservation may be used so that data transfers between server and client may be distributed to the same protocol processor in a switch or web appliance by hashing the same address regardless of which header field the address resides in.

Abstract: A protocol processing system includes a frame buffer controller to store data. A protocol terminator system is coupled to the frame buffer controller to receive and transmit events. An event queue system is coupled to the protocol terminator system to store the events in an event queue. A protocol processing agent is provided to process a protocol. The protocol processing agent has a first connection with the frame buffer controller and a second connection with the protocol terminator system. The first connection transports the data between the protocol processing agent and the frame buffer controller, and the second connection transports the events between the protocol processing agent and the protocol terminator system.

Abstract: A system includes a first agent, a processing agent for processing a protocol, and a second agent. The second agent is connected to the first agent to receive and transmit events, and the processing agent has connections with the first agent, the connections transporting data between the first agent and the second agent and the processing agent transporting events to the first agent when the data being transmitted has been modified. The first agent is configured to monitor the data being transmitted to and received from the processing agent.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving data having an address at a network switch having at least one protocol processor, and hashing at least part of the address to obtain an identifier of a protocol processor in the switch. Source address preservation may be used so that data transfers between server and client may be distributed to the same protocol processor in a switch or web appliance by hashing the same address regardless of which header field the address resides in.

Abstract: In a method of transferring data packets between a plurality of network elements (14; 28) in a teletransmission network (1), at least some data packets are transferred at a bit rate which depends on available network capacity. When arriving at a network element, packets are positioned in a plurality of input queues (33; 37). Then, the packets are transferred from the input queues (33; 37) to at least one output queue (38) at a bit rate which is regulated by a factor (&lgr;) which depends on the filling degree of the output queue.

Abstract: A protocol processing system includes a frame buffer controller to store data. A protocol terminator system is coupled to the frame buffer controller to receive and transmit events. An event queue system is coupled to the protocol terminator system to store the events in an event queue. A protocol processing agent is provided to process a protocol. The protocol processing agent has a first connection with the frame buffer controller and a second connection with the protocol terminator system. The first connection transports the data between the protocol processing agent and the frame buffer controller, and the second connection transports the events between the protocol processing agent and the protocol terminator system.