Patent ID: 8874809

Claim:
An assembly for receiving and forwarding data packets, the assembly comprising: a storage comprising a plurality of addresses at which data may be stored, a data receiving and storing apparatus comprising a first processor configured to: receive or access a data packet, determine an address, and facilitating storage of at least part of the data packet at the determined address in the storage, and one or more second processors configured to read or de-queue data from the storage, the one or more second processors being configured to output first information relating to one or more address(es) of the storage, the data of which has been read/de-queued, wherein the first processor is configured to: derive, on the basis of the address(es) determined, information relating to a fill level of one or more groups of addresses of the storage, instruct, when the fill level exceeds a predetermined level, the one or more second processors to output the first information and re-derive the fill level information also on the basis of the first information.