System and method for selectively detaching point-to-point protocol header information
US7062574B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for, and method of, selectively detaching point-to-point protocol header information from a packet received from a network and a network adapter incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a sub-protocol detector that receives the packet and identifies therefrom a sub-protocol employed with respect to the packet and (2) a header detacher, coupled to the sub-protocol detector, that detaches at least some of the point-to-point protocol header information from the packet based on an identity of the sub-protocol thereby to reduce an overall size of the packet.
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