Distributed protocol framework
US5517668A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/544
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed computing system having a distributed protocol stack. In a system including one or more general purpose computers or other application processors for running applications, the distributed protocol stack off-loads communication or other I/O processing from the application processor to dedicated I/O processors using a STREAMS environment thereby enhancing the performance/capacity of the system. The distributed protocol stack is formed of a STREAMS stack top and a stack bottom so that together the stack top and stack bottom comprise a full stack functionally equivalent to a non-distributed stack running on an application processor. Both the application processors and the I/O processors together appear to execute the full protocol stack, but the application processor only executes the stack top while the I/O processor only executes the stack bottom.
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