Encapsulation of data
AssigneeLantiq Deutschland GmbH
InventorsChung Feng Hu, Jia Xiang Shi, Ingo Volkening
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Abstract
An encapsulation apparatus for encapsulating data includes an input to receive the data, a machine to generate information related to the encapsulation of data and a logic coupled to the machine. A processing machine is coupled to the input and the logic.
Claims33
An encapsulation apparatus, comprising:
- an input to receive data;
- a machine to generate information related to the encapsulation of the data;
- a logic coupled to the machine to select, based on the information, a code value from a plurality of reserved code values in an Ethernet field of an Ethernet frame;
- and an Ethernet frame processing machine coupled to the input and the logic to provide the data in the Ethernet frame and to provide the selected code value in the Ethernet field of the Ethernet frame.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an input to receive an Ethernet frame;
- a device to parse a code value provided in an Ethernet field of the Ethernet frame and to determine whether the code value provided in the Ethernet field is a reserved code value;
- a machine coupled to the device to generate information related to the encapsulation of data based on the code value.
A computer program for controlling encapsulation of data, the computer program comprising program code, when executed on a computer system, instructing the computer system to perform:
- receiving information related to encapsulation of data into an Ethernet frame;
- selecting, based on the information, a code value from a plurality of reserved code values in an Ethernet field;
- and transmitting the selected code value to an output for providing the selected code value in the Ethernet field of the Ethernet frame.
A method for encapsulating data into an Ethernet frame, comprising:
- providing information related to encapsulation of data into Ethernet frames;
- selecting, based on the information, a code value from a plurality of code values reserved in an Ethernet field of an Ethernet frame;
- providing the code value in the field of the Ethernet frame;
- providing the data in the Ethernet frame;
- and transmitting the Ethernet frame.
An encapsulation apparatus for encapsulating data into an Ethernet frame, comprising:
- an input to receive the data;
- a machine to generate information related to the encapsulation of data;
- a logic coupled to the machine to determine, based on the information, a value of a preselected bit of a TCI field;
- and a Ethernet frame processing machine coupled to the input and the logic to provide the data in the Ethernet frame and to provide the determined value in the preselected bit of the TCI field.
An apparatus comprising:
- an input to receive an Ethernet frame comprising encapsulated data;
- a device coupled to the input to parse a predetermined bit of a TCI field and to determine a value of the preselected bit a machine to generate information related to the encapsulation of the data based on the value of the preselected bit of the TCI field.
A computer program for controlling encapsulation of data comprising program code, when executed on a computer system, instructing the computer system to perform:
- receiving information related to encapsulation of data into an Ethernet frame;
- determining, based on the information, at least one preselected bit of a TCI field of the Ethernet frame;
- and transmitting the determined code value to an output for providing the determined code value in the Ethernet field of the Ethernet frame.
A method for encapsulating data into an Ethernet frame comprising:
- providing information to encapsulating data into Ethernet frames;
- determining, based on information, a bit value to at least one preselected bit of a TCI field of the Ethernet frame, to provide information related to encapsulating of the data within the Ethernet frame;
- providing the determined bit value in the preselected bit of the TCI field;
- providing the data in the Ethernet frame;
- and transmitting the Ethernet frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.