METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE FORWARDING OF SINGLE FRAME AND MULTI-FRAME DATA PACKETS

摘要

An apparatus (50), such as a transaction gateway, receives (11) a communication that corresponds to one or more transactions. This communication comprises at least one data packet that may comprise either a single data frame or a plurality of data frames as correspond to such a transaction. When the data packet comprises only a single data frame, a first course of action is taken (13). When the data packet comprises a plurality of data frames, a second course of action is taken (14). In a preferred approach, the second course of action comprises, at least in part, converting (33) the data packet into a plurality of data packets that each comprise only an individual data frame.