Patent ID: 7382763

Claim:
A communication device for generating and transmitting data packets having a first data structure determined by a first protocol, said communication device comprising: means for receiving data packets having a second data structure determined by a second protocol, wherein the first protocol is at a first layer in a protocol suite, and the second protocol is at a second, higher layer in the protocol suite, and the first layer is higher than a third layer in the protocol suite; means for discriminating between a first type and a second type of received data packets by accessing a predetermined field in the received data packets in which the type of data packet is indicated; means for generating data packets having the first data structure by embedding the data packets having the second data structure in at least one of the data packets having the first data structure; and transmission means for transmitting the generated data packets to a receiving entity, said transmission means including in each of the transmitted data packets, an indication of the type of data packet, wherein the transmission means transmits the generated data packets to a receiving entity in the third layer of the protocol suite.