MULTI-LEVEL DATA CHANNEL AND INSPECTION ARCHITECTURES INCLUDING OFF-ROAD DATA DIVERSION PATHS FOR LIMITING BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION BY THE ARCHITECTURES

摘要

A method may include providing data diversion paths, each formed from a data conduit; diverting data packets from a data stream into a selected one of the data conduits. The data stream transfers data packets at a first transfer rate; then the system may determine packet size of a data packet in the data stream; select a conduit from among the conduits, depending on a data packet size. The conduit may receive and inspect data packets greater than a predetermined data packet size. The first data conduit receives, inspects and outputs data packets at a second transfer rate, less than the first transfer rate. The second data conduit receives, inspects and outputs relatively smaller data packets; inspects and outputs data packets at a third transfer rate, where the third transfer rate may be less than the first transfer rate and greater than the second transfer rate.