Patent ID: 7480312
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing packets in a communications network implementing a TCP/IP protocol, comprising: a. providing a network traffic accelerator (NTA) implementing internally an internal transport layer, an internal network layer and at least one internal data link layer, said internal transport, network and at least one data link layers connected along an internal receive path; b. processing in said at least one internal data link layer a packet originating from a physical layer; c. round robin arbitrating the joining on said receive path of said packets originating from internal and external physical layers, d. forwarding said packets to said internal network layer; e. checking whether said packet is supported by a protocol of said internal network layer; and f. based on the result of said checking, processing said packet in a network layer selected from the group consisting of said internal network layer and an external network layer.