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data packet

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data packet

One frame in a packet-switched message. Most data communications is based on dividing the transmitted message into packets. For example, an Ethernet packet can be from 64 to 1,518 bytes in length.


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There are limits to how much lossless data compression can compress and increase the payload of a TCP/IP data packet.
Aurora is the first protocol to provide a transparent interface to upper layers of proprietary or industry standard protocols, such as Ethernet or TCP/IP, allowing any data packet to be encapsulated and sent between chips, boards and boxes.
7,058,020 covers a technique for time-stamping a data packet, which permits the measurement of network characteristics - such as one-way and round-trip latency and jitter - to within one microsecond, and eliminates the uncertainties typically associated with software processing and system load.
 
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