Blocking IP datagrams in a multi-path channel point-to-point environment
US6003088A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/326
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a computing network system environment having a gateway device that is electronically connected from one side to a plurality of initiating hosts and on another side to at least one local area network, in turn connecting a plurality of hosts are connected to the gateway device, a method and apparatus for eliminating any need for building a separate and special protocol data unit element for each header. The computer network environment uses a Multi-path channel communication protocol as well as protocol data units to point to various portions of data. An interface layer is provided between a plurality of protocol stacks and the multi-path channel protocol. The interface layer has a timer which will wait for data from the protocol stack. A list of all buffers are assembled as received comprising of one entry for each data buffer. This buffer list is then transferred to the multi-path channel protocol layer upon expiration of the timer, which is in turn sent to any channel attached processor as one block. A deblocker interface is also provided on all channel attached processors so that any length fields provided in the protocol headers can be used to determine offset of next data e…
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