A New Survival Architecture for Network Processors

We propose a new survival architecture that analyzes a network environment and decides the classification of the faults through the packet flow for network processors. The proposed architecture recognizes the unusual state in the network when the packet, which is the input of a network processor, can not be transmitted for a while. The network processor with the abnormality of the packet transmission detection generates a test packet so as to report the abnormality and to collect the information for the analysis of the source and the classification of the faults. According to this process, the proposed architecture derives the cause of the fault and the solution. Finally, the stability of the packet process is increased because the viability of the network processor is increased.