Concept for providing information on a data packet association and for forwarding a data packet

摘要

An apparatus (100) for forwarding a present data packet from a present source network entity to a present destination network entity, the present destination network entity being selected from a plurality of destination network entities. The apparatus (100) comprises means (110) adapted for receiving the present data packet and means (120) adapted for selecting the present destination network entity based on a load balancing criterion. The apparatus (100) further comprises means (130) adapted for forwarding the present data packet to the present destination network entity and means (140) adapted for receiving a response data packet from the present network destination entity, the response data packet comprising information on a data packet association, the data packet association being an association between a plurality of different data packets belonging to a data session between a data source and a data destination. The means (120) is adapted for selecting is further adapted for storing the information on the association.