Patent ID: 7142564
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit, comprising: a first bus interface; lookup circuitry; segmentation circuitry; reassembly circuitry; a second bus interface; and a data path extending from the first bus interface to the lookup circuitry, and from the lookup circuitry to the segmentation circuitry, and from the segmentation circuitry to the reassembly circuitry, and from the reassembly circuitry to the second bus interface, wherein both cell-protocol traffic and packet-protocol traffic pass over the data path from the first bus interface, through the lookup circuitry, through the segmentation circuitry, through the reassembly circuitry and out of the integrated circuit from the second bus interface, the lookup circuitry analzying the cell-protocol traffic and outputting information that causes the cell-protocol traffic to be processed in a first way by the segmentation circuitry and the reassembly circuitry, the lookup circuitry analyzing the packet-protocol traffic and outputting information that causes the packet-protocol traffic to be processed in a second way by the segmentation circuitry and the reassembly circuitry.