Patent ID: 9060022
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. Non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a data-packet sending device (“sending device”), perform a method for conveying information, the method comprising: providing a packet that includes a header portion and a payload portion, wherein the header portion includes header fields that are defined according to an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet definition, and wherein the header fields include at least a first header field and a second header field; determining that a first communications message exceeds a size of the first header field; based on this determination, encoding a first portion of the first communications message into the first header field of the header fields of the header portion of the packet, wherein the first portion of the first communications message would historically have been included in the payload portion of the packet according to the IPv6 packet definition; encoding a remaining portion of the first communications message into the payload portion of the packet; encoding into the second header field of the header fields of the header portion of the packet, an indication that indicates a type of the first communications message; and using the sending device to send the packet to a destination.