APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING FRAGMENTATION OF AN IP PACKET IN A ROUTER USING A NETWORK PROCESSOR, CAPABLE OF IMPROVING USE EFFICIENCY OF A NETWORK PROCESSOR AND PACKET PROCESSING SPEED

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for processing fragmentation of an IP packet in a router using a network processor are provided to dynamically allocate functions of eight threads within one specific micro engine, thereby efficiently using resources in a network processor.;CONSTITUTION: If the size of a packet exceeds an MTU(Maximum Transmission Unit), an entry network processor fragments a packet which exceeds the MTU. An entry fragmentation micro engine(209) of the entry network processor includes an entry control thread and at least one entry fragmentation processing thread.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2010