Method and device for transferring data packets

摘要

The invention relates to a device for transferring data packets between two data networks comprising means for storing the data packets originating from a first network, means for storing the data packets intended for a second network, means for filtering the data packets originating from the first network, and intended for sorting the said data packets so as to determine whether the said data packets are intended for the second network, means for transferring the data packets from the first means of storage to the second means of storage when the data packets are intended for the second network. The device comprises: means for slaving the writing of a data packet intended for the second network into the second means of storage to the reading of the said data packet from the first means of storage so that the transfer time inside the device is constant for all the data packets.