Systems and methods for supporting path maximum transmission unit discovery by maintaining metadata integrity across proprietary and native network stacks within network devices
US10419357B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/166
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disclosed method may include (1) providing a network stack that includes both a native stack and a proprietary stack, (2) implementing at least one socket that represents an endpoint of a communication channel between a network device and a computing device, (3) identifying at least one packet to be forwarded from the network device to the computing device via the socket, (4) configuring the network stack such that (A) the native stack discovers a maximum transmission unit of a network path between the network device and the computing device in connection with the socket and (B) the proprietary stack fragments the packet into a plurality of segments that each comply with the maximum transmission unit of the network path, and then (5) forwarding, along the network path, the segments to the computing device. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
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