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Reducing delays in a communication network using a re-fragmentation pipeline

US6785239B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1999
Grant dateAug 31, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L65/80
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are described to reduce delay in a communication network. A fragmentation unit re-assembles a packet received from a first data link. A refragmentation pipeline is coupled to the fragmentation unit to pipeline the re-assembled data for transmission to a second data link.

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