Patent ID: 8059649
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method to prevent fragmentation in a communication tunnel, the method comprising: receiving, over a first communication network, a request to transmit a packet having a payload; generating a response to indicate the maximum transmission size for the first communication network when the payload is greater than a maximum transmission size of the first communication network; generating a request to transmit a packet, over a second communication network, having a payload that is equal to the maximum transmission size of the first communication network; receiving, over the second communication network, a response that indicates a maximum transmission size for the second communication network; and transmitting packets from the first communication network to the second communication network, the packets having payloads that are, less than or equal to, the maximum transmission size for the second network less a header size of the second communication network, wherein the packets are not fragmented on the first and second communication networks.