US Patent 12026113 Packet processing device and packet processing method

A packet processing apparatus includes a packet processor that performs processing on a packet received from a communication line and outputs data that is a result of the processing, a data combiner that concatenates a plurality of pieces of data output from the packet processor to generate a data block, and a combination data transferor that DMA-transfers the data block generated by the data combiner to a data memory. The combination data transferor writes information on an address in the data memory of a beginning of an individual piece of data in the data block to a descriptor that is a data area on a predetermined memory.