FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: data packet contains a data packet payload containing at least one protocol data unit (PDU), wherein the PDU contains a service data unit (SDU) or a SDU fragment; and a data packet header containing an indicator (FFF, SFF) indicating whether or not the data packet payload begins with a PDU being a SDU fragment and whether or not the data packet payload ends with a PDU being a SDU fragment.
EFFECT: adapting packets to characteristics of a physical network.
14 cl, 12 dwg
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Dates
2011-09-27—Published
2006-08-25—Filed