Abstract: A bloom filter and an implementation method thereof are provided. The implementation method has a ternary rule encoded as a rule binary codeword according to a predetermined encoding rule; has a packet encoded as at least one packet binary codeword according to the predetermined encoding rule; and comparing the rule binary codeword and the at least one packet binary codeword to decide a following processing of the packet. The predetermined encoding rule includes: tagging 0 or 1 into most significant bit (MSB) of the output binary codeword based on mask length of the input codeword; placing the prefix of the input codeword right after MSB of the output binary codeword; and tagging a string to last bits of the output binary codeword based on the mask length, and the bit number of the string equals to the mask length.

Abstract: A bloom filter and an implementation method thereof are provided. The implementation method has a ternary rule encoded as a rule binary codeword according to a predetermined encoding rule; has a packet encoded as at least one packet binary codeword according to the predetermined encoding rule; and comparing the rule binary codeword and the at least one packet binary codeword to decide a following processing of the packet. The predetermined encoding rule includes: tagging 0 or 1 into most significant bit (MSB) of the output binary codeword based on mask length of the input codeword; placing the prefix of the input codeword right after MSB of the output binary codeword; and tagging a string to last bits of the output binary codeword based on the mask length, and the bit number of the string equals to the mask length.

Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) device for software defined networking and method thereof. In the TCAM device, M bits of each forwarding rule is stored as a first part into a NAND-Type TCAM, and N bits of the same forwarding rule is stored as a second part into a NOR-Type TCAM. M bits of searching data is compared with the first part to generate a first matching result, N bits of the searching data is compared with the second part to generate a second matching result when the first matching result indicates match, and comparing process for the second part is disabled when the first matching result indicates mismatch. The mechanism is help to improve flexibility of the TCAM in words length and to reduce power consumption.