Systems and methods for combined protocol processing protocols
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing the header of one protocol in the context of the header of at least one other protocol, the method comprising:
- identifying the prefix portion of the header of the one protocol that is common with the corresponding prefix portion of the at least one other protocol; and
identifying a next portion of the header of the one protocol that differs from the corresponding next portion of the header of the at least one other protocol; and
computing at least one constraint that is to be applied to the processes which can generate packets in accordance with the at least one other protocol without requiring additional memory storage resources.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for processing data packets enable a communication device having limited memory to participate in network protocols. One communicating device formats packets in accordance with the specifications of one or two or more communication protocols, with one or more additional constraints, and transmits it to an other communication device. The other communication device performs a specified processing of the received packet to generate a reply packet in response to the received packet, which conforms to the one of two or more communication protocols, while also satisfying one or more additional formatting constraints.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing the header of one protocol in the context of the header of at least one other protocol, the method comprising:
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identifying the prefix portion of the header of the one protocol that is common with the corresponding prefix portion of the at least one other protocol; and identifying a next portion of the header of the one protocol that differs from the corresponding next portion of the header of the at least one other protocol; and computing at least one constraint that is to be applied to the processes which can generate packets in accordance with the at least one other protocol without requiring additional memory storage resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for analyzing the header of one protocol in the context of the header of at least one other protocol, the method comprising:
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means for identifying a prefix portion of the header of the one protocol that is common with a corresponding prefix portion of the at least one other protocol; and means for identifying a next portion of the header of the one protocol that differs from a corresponding next portion of the header of the at least one other protocol; and means for computing at least one constraint that is to be applied to processes having means for generating packets in accordance with the at least one other protocol without requiring additional memory storage resources. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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