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Network relay apparatus and method of combining packets

  • US 7,274,711 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2001
  • Issued: 09/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network relay apparatus comprising:

  • a routing information gathering unit for determining the maximum transmission unit of a transmission path along a route over which packets are to be transmitted;

    a combining unit for assembling a combined packet by combining packets up to a length that does not exceed the maximum transmission unit of said transmission path; and

    a routing processing unit for excluding a path along a shortest route to a same destination, comparing maximum transmission units of a remaining plurality of transmission paths to the same destination, and selecting a path having the largest maximum transmission unit as a path for said combined packet from among the remaining plurality of transmission paths to the same destination.

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