Hardware Accelerators Targeting a Novel Group Based Packet Classification Algorithm

Table 3

Classification example: applying a 5-packet set.

Incoming packet	𝐼𝑃𝑆𝑟𝑐	𝐼𝑃𝐷𝑠𝑡	𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑆𝑟𝑐	𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝐷𝑠𝑡	Protocol	Packet belongs
	(32 bits)	(32 bits)	(16 bits)	(16 bits)	(8 bits)	to Rule ID
a	240.118.164.31	250.13.215.168	88	53	1	1
b	209.238.118.166	159.199.212.198	88	80	17	6
c	63.99.78.40	55.186.163.23	750	22	0	4
d	100.251.52.13	125.10.251.18	80	80	17	9
e	69.0.207.9	68.103.209.50	162	123	17	12