PCIU: Hardware Implementations of an Efficient Packet Classification Algorithm with an Incremental Update Capability

Table 5

The performance achieved by all implementations in terms of classification/preprocessing.

Benchmark	Classification (Packet/sec)				Preprocessing (Rule/sec)
	MB soft	Hw/Sw	Desktop	Handel C	MB soft	Hw/Sw	Desktop
ACL (10 K)	408.23	3,787.58	200,413.22	5,565,677.97	5.92	18.41	38,412.00
FW (10 K)	453.67	4,127.66	207,264.96	6,403,975.82	5.68	18.40	40,863.83
IPC (10 K)	458.87	4,055.18	214,128.04	6,556,710.84	5.66	19.24	38,412.00
Average	440.26	3,990.14	207,268.74	6,175,454.88	5.76	18.68	39,229.28