摘要 |
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.
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