A Fast, Smart Packet Classification Algorithm Based on Decomposition

Table 2

Range representation of three rules.

No.	P (64 bits)				Port (32 bits)				Protocol (8 bits)
	Source		Destination		Source		Destination
	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H
1	0.0.0.0	255.255.255.255	0.0.0.0	255.255.255.255	0	1024	18	21	0	0
2	192.168.8.0	192.168.8.255	192.168.8.6	192.168.8.6	0	65535	20	30	17	17
3	212.83.4.0	212.83.255.255	212.83.4.0	212.83.0.255	0	65535	21	21	0	255