Patent ID: 7596146
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising: a first set of instructions, executable on a computer system, configured to determine a packet protocol for a payload packet; a second set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to select a first mapping function configured to map from said packet protocol to a transport packet protocol, wherein a third set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to map a field of said payload packet to a field of a transport packet using said first mapping function; a fourth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to add overhead information to said transport packet comprising a designation of said packet protocol of the payload packet; a fifth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to select a second mapping function configured to map from said transport packet protocol to the packet protocol, wherein a sixth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to map said transport packet to a second payload packet using said second mapping function; and computer readable media, wherein the plural sets of instructions are encoded in said computer readable media.