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A FAST PACKET FORWARDING ENGINE FOR SCALABLE ROUTING THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A FAST PACKET FORWARDING ENGINE FOR SCALABLE 5 ROUTING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT WHEREIN THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A FORWARDING ENGINE FOR MULTICAST ROUTERS THAT ACCELERATES THE FORWARDING OF PACKETS SUCH THAT IT IMPROVES THEIR PERFORMANCE TO SUPPORT GROUP COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS AND WHEREIN THE PRESENT INVENTION COMPRISES OF A BILMAP FIELD ADDED TO THE PACKET HEADER SUCH AS IP SOURCE ADDRESS, THE IP DESTINATION ADDRESS AND THE BITMAP FIELD AND WHEREIN WHEN A SOURCE 10 WANTS TO SEND A PACKET TO AN ACTIVE RECEIVERS, IT SENDS A PACKET TO A ROUTER WITH BITMAP CONFIGURATION AND WITH A RECEIVER LIST AND WHEREIN THE ROUTER PERFORMS ROUTE LOOKUPS FOR ALL DESTINATIONS.
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