摘要 |
<p>In a network gateway, when a target communication frame is transferred bit-by-bit from at least one of nodes through a corresponding one of networks, a receiving unit sequentially receives the transferred target communication frame bit-by-bit, and sequentially outputs the received target communication frame bit-by-bit. A buffer sequentially stores therein the bits of the target communication frame sequentially output from the receiving unit. A destination determining unit works, concurrently with the buffer, to receive, bit-by-bit, the target communication frame output from the receiving unit and to, when receiving an identifier of the target communication frame, determine a destination network of the target communication frame based on the received identifier. A transferring unit is operatively connected to the buffer and transfers, bit-by-bit, the target communication frame stored in the buffer to the destination network determined by the destination determining unit.</p> |