Network coupler for assembling data frames into datagrams using intermediate-sized data parcels
US5832233A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/324
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing element comprises at least one processor, a main memory, and a network coupler for coupling the processing element to a network. The network coupler includes a packing circuit for assembling the data frames into intermediate units of data, referred to as parcels, and a network coupler processor for assembling the parcels into datagrams in the main memory. Thus, the packing circuit relieves the network coupler processor of a substantial amount of low-level processing work.
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