IP Chain Rule Table Analysis

 Notations:

         1. F1 ~ F5: 5-tuple fields in packet header

                   F1. Source IP   

                   F2. Destination IP

                   F3. Source port  

                   F4. Destination port

                   F5. Protocol value

         2. P: Prefix

         3. R: Range

         4. S: Protocol value

         5. *: Don’t care term

The purpose of the table: Calculating the number of distinct filed values

IPC
# of distinct filed value
Table Size
Summary
F1(P)
362
508
540
784
1359
1557
15-36%
F2(P)
499
800
1082
1530
2346
3105
30%-50%
F3(R)
28
29
32
34
34
34
~30
F4(R)
46
51
53
54
54
54
~50
F5(S)
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
# of *
F1(P)
71
149
226
375
643
367
4-8%
F2(P)
67
96
168
256
459
225
2-5%
F3(R)
793
1621
2440
4015
6519
8322
80%-83%
F4(R)
571
1107
1714
2646
4330
5455
52%-57%
F5(S)
333
661
1026
1479
2564
3311
29-34%