Reducing delays in a communication network using a re-fragmentation pipeline
US6785239B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2019 |
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- 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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