| 摘要 |
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for processing data in a telecommunications network, the apparatus comprising an input, wherein the input receives data; storage, wherein the storage stores a set of templates, each template having a strength value; a processor, wherein the processor compares at least a portion of the received data to each template in the set of templates; and wherein if the at least a portion of the data matches one of the templates in the set of templates, the processor increases the strength value of the matched template. Further, wherein based on the result of the comparison, the processor creates a new template in the set of templates, the new template being stored in the storage. Preferably, templates which do not match have their strength value depleted. Templates with no strength are replaced by new templates. Therefore, templates effectively compete against each other to match incoming packets. Only the "winners" get stronger, "losers" age & die. Mutations capture near misses and split microflows. |
