NETWORK UNIT FOR EXCHANGING A SIGNAL WITH PRIORITY, FRAGMENTATION AND/OR AGGREGATION INFORMATION

Network units (1) for exchanging signals (20-70) comprising information (50) at layers (500) higher than internet protocol layers (300) comprise detector systems (2,3) arranged to detect fields of the information (50). To improve the detections of a status of priority, of fragmentation and/or of aggregation, the signal (20-70) is provided with further information (60) at further layers (600) higher than the layers (500) and the detector systems (2,3) are arranged to, in response to detections of the fields of the information (50), detect further fields of the further information (60). The further layers (600) comprise codec independent layers and yet further layers (700) higher than the further layers (600) comprises codec dependent layers. The layers (500) comprise real time protocol layers, the further layers (600) comprise generic real time protocol payload formats for transport abstractions and the yet further layers (700) comprise real time protocol payload formats for specific codec's. The further fields of the further information (60) comprise priority fields (611-d), fragmentation fields (611-b-c), aggregation fields (611-a), aggregation count fields (612) and aggregation header fields (613-618).