Patent ID: 6680941
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A process for control of forwarding packets from completed packet sequences of packet-switched networks and at least a first packet being recognizable as the beinning of a packet sequence, said method comprising the steps of:verifying permission to forward any of said packets such that, when the respective packet belongs to a start of the packet sequence, information transported in the packet is compared with at least one predetermnued citerion; verifying the first packet and, when necessary, successive packets of the packet sequence, before forwarding and until the transported information has become sufficiently available so that it is comparable with the at least one predetermined criterion; and forwarding one of said packets of a packet sequence only when it has been determined that forwarding the one packet is allowed by said comparison when only said first packet is verified, and when said successive packets are also verified by verifying a previous packet of the same packet sequence, for the packets of the packet sequence, wherein said information is transported segmentally within the packets of the packet sequences.