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Assume a destination computer receives several packets from a source. How can it be sure that the fragments belonging to a datagram are not mixed from the fragments belonging to another datagram.
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Each packet started from the source needs to have a fragmentation identification, which is repeated in each fragment. The destination computer use this identification to reassemble all fragments belonging to the same packet.
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