Patent ID: 9143448
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a packet processing device, data units that are fragments of a larger data unit, the data units having been received via a first network link coupled to a network device that includes the packet processing device; processing, at the packet processing device, a first received fragment of the larger data unit to determine a port of the network device via which the larger data unit is to be transmitted based on a first received fragment of the larger data unit and prior to the packet processing device receiving all of the fragments of the larger data unit; after processing the first received fragment, skipping processing, at the packet processing device, of second received fragments for the purpose of determining the port of the network device via which the larger data unit is to be transmitted; reassembling, at the packet processing device, the larger data unit from all of the fragments of the larger data unit, wherein reassembly of the larger data unit is completed after determination of the port of the network device via which the larger data unit is to be transmitted; and forwarding, with the packet processing device, the larger data unit to the port for transmission via a second network link coupled to the port.