Patent ID: 8005113
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a data frame; encapsulating the received data frame into a reflected frame message (RFM) encapsulated frame; and if the received data frame causes the RFM encapsulated frame to exceed a maximum service data unit size, either the data frame is truncated or the data frame is split into two smaller frames and those two smaller frames are encapsulated by two separate RFM frames, wherein if a truncation flag is set to be true, the data frame is truncated to be encapsulated in one RFM encapsulated frame, wherein the RFM encapsulated frame is an Ethernet frame, wherein the RFM encapsulated frame comprises a Data TLV Type value, a Truncated Data TLV Type value, a Data-Part-1 TLV Type value, or a Data-Part-2 TLV Type value, and wherein the Data TLV Type value is 3, the Truncated Data TLV Type value is 9, the Data-Part-1 TLV Type value is 10, and the Data-Part-2 TLV Type value is 11.