Techniques for routing a payload of a first network protocol, which includes header information for a second network protocol, include communicating a packet. In a circuit block, a first type for the first network protocol and a second type for the second network protocol are determined. The circuit...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7848332?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7848332 - Method and apparatus for classifying a network protocol and aligning a network protocol header relative to cache line boundary