Packet fragmentation prevention

摘要

A method of avoiding packet fragmentation. The method includes receiving a data packet belonging to a data connection, determining whether the received data packet was fragmented or determining whether the received data packet is expected to be fragmented on the way to its destination and registering the data connection of the received packet in a list of connections that carried packets that were fragmented or were expected to be fragmented.

主权项

1. A method of avoiding packet fragmentation, comprising:
receiving a data packet belonging to a data connection; determining whether the received data packet is expected to be fragmented on the way to its destination; registering the data connection of the received data packet in a list of connections that carried packets that were expected to be fragmented; disconnecting the connection to which the received data packet belongs, responsive to a determination that the received data packet is expected to be fragmented; and identifying a request to form a subsequent connection by at least one end unit of the disconnected connection and forcing the subsequent connection to use packets of a size up to a maximal size smaller than or equal to a size of the received data packet.