US 2015/0146728 A1 · COMMUNICATION PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Abstract

A communication packet processing apparatus and method for absorbing coexistence of different methods of communication packet reception processing is provided by the same software. A communication packet processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving packets possesses a communication interface for transmitting and receiving packets and a first table storing correspondent information of the communication interface. The correspondent information includes a method of communication packet reception processing that the communication interface can correspond to. The method of communication packet reception processing includes a first method and a second method. The communication interface operates under one or both of the first method and the second method. The communication packet processing apparatus refers to the first table when starting up, and if the first method is designated, confirms whether the communication interface corresponds to the first method, and then if the result is affirmative, operates under the first method.

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Dependent claims

A communication packet processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving communication packets, comprising:

a communication interface for transmitting and receiving communication packets;
a communication interface control section for controlling the communication interface;
a communication packet control section for controlling transmission and reception of communication packets;
a first table storing hardware information and correspondent information of the communication interface, wherein the correspondent information includes a method of communication packet reception processing that the communication interface can correspond to;
and
a parameter designating the method of communication packet reception processing to be performed by the communication packet processing apparatus,
wherein the method of the communication packet reception processing includes a first method and a second method,
wherein the communication interface operates under one or both of the first method and the second method, and
wherein the communication packet processing apparatus, when starting up, refers to the parameter and if the first method is designated, confirms whether the communication interface corresponds to the first method, and then if the result is affirmative, controls to enable the operation of the communication interface control section and the communication packet control section under the first method.

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A communication packet processing method for transmitting and receiving communication packets in a communication packet processing apparatus, wherein the communication packet processing apparatus possesses a communication interface for transmitting and receiving communication packets and a first table storing correspondent information of the communication interface, the correspondent information including a method of communication packet reception processing that the communication interface can correspond to, the method of communication packet reception processing including a first method and a second method, the communication interface operating under one or both of the first method and the second method, and the communication packet processing method comprising:

referring to the first table if the first method is designated when starting up the communication packet processing apparatus to confirm whether the communication interface corresponds to the first method;
and
operating under the first method if the result of confirming whether the communication interface corresponds to the first method is affirmative.

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