Patent ID: 7170893
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for concatenating packets to be transmitted from a first node to a second node, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving packets having at least one traffic characteristic from at least one input port; (b) concatenating n received packets to form a concatenated packet, wherein the concatenated packet comprises a common header, a content information part of each of the n received packets, and a payload of each of the n received packets; and (c) transmitting the concatenated packet from the first node to the second node, wherein the n received packets have a common traffic characteristic and n is determined based on the common traffic characteristic and at least one packet characteristic, wherein the at least one packet characteristic comprises a size of the common header, a size of the content information part of each of the n received packets, and one of a size of the payload of each of the n received packets or a maximum possible payload size of a received packet having the common traffic characteristic.