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Data labeling technique for high performance protocol processing

  • US 5,583,859 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1994
  • Issued: 12/10/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transmitting data from a transmitting station via a network to a receiving station, said data including a plurality of basic data units which together comprise a protocol data unit, said method comprising the steps of, at said transmitting station, transmitting said data in said network in units of chunks, each said chunk comprisingone or more basic data units,and a chunk header common to all of the basic data units of the chunk and which indicates:

  • (a) the type of basic data units in the chunk,(b) protocol data units to which each basic data unit in the chunk belongs,(c) the relative position of the basic data units in said protocol data units,(d) the size of each basic data unit in the chunk and the number of basic data units in the chunk, and(e) boundaries of the protocol data units,and, at said receiving station, receiving and processing said basic data units.

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