DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RECORDS TO CLUSTERS IN A TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY

摘要

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a TCAM for longest prefix matching in a routing system. The TCAM comprises a plurality of records of which a portion are configured into one or more address clusters each such cluster corresponding to a respective IP address prefix length and another portion of which are configured into a free cluster not corresponding to any IP address prefix length.