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Packet receiving device, packet communication system, and packet reordering method

US8773977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 2011
Grant dateJul 8, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/34
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Under an environment where a packet retransmission is performed, a packet receiving device includes a reordering section, configured to perform a reordering of a receiving packet in a lower layer than a network protocol stack, and a buffer section. Out-of-Order packet among receiving packets is associated with a flow and stored in the buffer section. The reordering section determines whether the receiving packet is an In-Order packet or an Out-of-Order packet. In a case where the receiving packet is an In-Order packet of a flow and an Out-of-Order packet of the flow is stored in the buffer section, the reordering section transfers the receiving packet to the network protocol stack and then transfers all of Out-of-Order packet of the flow stored in the buffer section to the network protocol stack.

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