Technologies for buffering received network packet data
US10601738B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9068
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Technologies for buffering received network packet data include a compute device with a network interface controller (NIC) configured to determine a packet size of a network packet received by the NIC and identify a preferred buffer size between a small buffer and a large buffer. The NIC is further configured to select, from the descriptor, a buffer pointer based on the preferred buffer size, wherein the buffer pointer comprises one of a small buffer pointer corresponding to a first physical address in memory allocated to the small buffer or a large buffer pointer corresponding to a second physical address in memory allocated to the large buffer. Additionally, the NIC is configured to store at least a portion of the network packet in the memory based on the selected buffer pointer. Other embodiments are described herein.
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