CONTENT BASED VLAN CLASSIFICATION AND FRAMEWORK FOR ETHERNET NETWORK TO SUPPORT CONTENT BASED BRIDGING

摘要

based on the contents of the packet to reach the desired edge switch for the VLAN classification methodology comprising: receiving a policy that defines a content-based classification of the VLAN for the packet from the network control station ; Assigning a VLAN to a packet received from the node based on the received from the inspection control station and the network policy of the content of the packet ; And using the assigned VLAN is the VLAN that is allocated to the operations based on the packet comprises the step of transmitting to other nodes in the network . ;