CONFIGURABLE SERVICE PACKET ENGINE EXPLOITING FRAMES PROPERTIES

摘要

The present invention relates to an encryption unit (3200) for encrypting at least one packet (P1, P2) according to a predetermined cryptographic protocol, wherein the predetermined cryptographic protocol requires exchanging of service channel information, wherein the service channel information has a first bit length, the encryption unit comprising: a packet analyzer (3210) configured to recognize whether the packet (P1, P2) has unused bits, a packet builder (3220) configured to insert the service channel information in the packet (P1, P2) if the number of unused bits is equal to or larger than the first bit length, and an encryption engine (3230) configured to encrypt the packet (P1, P2) according to the predetermined cryptographic protocol.