摘要 |
<p>The present invention facilitates the transportation of data packets having diverse formats through a general packet switching system. Due to the diverse formats of the data packets used by various common communications protocols, it has been difficult to produce general packet switching systems that are able to switch multipe protocols. The present invention provides a Unified Data Packet (101) for encapsulating data packets having diverse formats. Through encapsulation, the present invention improves switching system efficiency by providing a single data packet format for handling by the switching system while enabling data packets in diverse formats to pass through the switch.</p> |