The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being ...

Implements a UDP/IP hardware protocol stack that enables high-speed communication over ... and the Echo Request and Reply Messages (“ping”) of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) widely used ...

The Internet Protocol (IP) is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, and the terms "IP network" and "TCP/IP network" are synonymous. The Internet uses a packet-switched architecture, in which data are ...

Furthermore, a processor was needed to implement the network stack. Now, with the existing FPGA (Field- Programmable Gate Array) technology it is feasible to implement an application-tailored subset ...