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{{Short description|Process that breaks IP packets into smaller pieces}} {{Distinguish|IPv4 address exhaustion#Markets in IP addresses{{!}}fragmentation of the IPv4 address space}} [[file:PDU Fragmentation-en.png|thumb|400px|An example of the fragmentation of a protocol data unit in a given layer into smaller fragments.]] '''IP fragmentation''' is an [[Internet Protocol]] (IP) process that breaks [[network packet|packets]] into smaller pieces (fragments), so that the resulting pieces can pass through a link with a smaller [[maximum transmission unit]] (MTU) than the original packet size. The fragments are reassembled by the receiving [[Host (network)|host]]. The details of the fragmentation mechanism, as well as the overall architectural approach to fragmentation, are different between [[IPv4]] and [[IPv6]].
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