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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Hiroshi Arita, Hitachi, JP;
Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Tokai-mura, JP;
Yasuwo Watanabe, Hitachiohta, JP;
Yoshihiro Tanaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Kenji Furuhashi, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Arita, Hitachi, JP;
Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Tokai-mura, JP;
Yasuwo Watanabe, Hitachiohta, JP;
Yoshihiro Tanaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Kenji Furuhashi, Hitachi, JP;
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A packet communication apparatus capable of performing packet conversion at high speed for packet transfer or packet transmission/reception has: a packet conversion unit for performing packet conversion for a reception packet received at a plurality of communication units and for a transmission packet to be transmitted from the plurality of communication units; and a transfer control unit for outputting, when the reception packet received by the communication unit is judged as a the transfer packet, the reception packet to a transfer buffer, for outputting the transmission packet to the communication unit corresponding to the communication object at a destination of the transmission packet generated by a packet generating and processing unit, and for outputting the transfer packet to the communication unit corresponding to the communication object at a destination of the transfer packet stored in the transfer buffer.