隨著電腦技術的進步與網際網路的發展，網路呈現爆炸性的成長。在此同時，網際網路也面臨新的挑戰。首先，舊有的IPv4所規範的網際網路位址已經面臨不足的窘境，為解決位址不足的問題，新一代的網際網路通訊協定IPv6已被提出，以128位元的位址空間來取代原來的32位元位址空間，將可完全解決位址不足的問題。且IPv6的協定中更支援未來的行動通訊與多媒體通訊，以及各種即時資訊的傳輸。另一方面，網際網路的蓬勃發展也讓網路管理變的迫切而需要，因此傳統針對第二或第三層位址進行路徑選擇的網路設備已經不符現代網路的需要，針對第四層或更高層的封包分類器也因此漸漸在網路中扮演重要的角色。
本論文針對下一代網際網路協定的特性與機制來開發出IPv6封包分類器的方法與架構，並硬體實作出以CAM為基礎之IPv6封包分類模組，以提供更高的速度以符合骨幹網路的需求。本論文亦使用此成果在x86平台與WindowsNT/2000作業系統上實作防火牆，以證明此實作成果可應用於各種高層的網路應用，並有強大的處理能力應付骨幹網路的需求，可作為下一代核心網路設備之雛形。

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