Patent ID: 6449254
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for processing digital data received by a receiving node of a network from a transmitting node of the network, the method comprising:storing in a memory of the receiving node a fractional portion of a received data cell containing digital data; examining the stored fractional portion of the data cell to make a determination of whether the data cell is a wanted data cell, the determination being completed prior to storing an entire portion of the data cell; selectively storing, based on the determination, the entire portion of the data cell in an additional memory of the receiving node, such entire portion being stored in the additional memory if the data cell is a wanted data cell, such entire portion being rejected from storage in the additional memory if the data cell is an unwanted data cell, wherein a remaining unstored portion of the data cell is stored in the memory of the receiving node if the data cell is a wanted data cell, the remaining unstored portion being rejected from storage in the memory of the receiving node if the data cell is an unwanted data cell.