Method and apparatus for improving transmission performance by caching frequently-used packet headers
US7032035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method is provided for transmitting packet headers in a network adapter across a network. In this embodiment memory protocol headers and application data into packet buffers are stored on a host. On the network adapter a MAC header storing in a cache. The stored packet buffers and stored MAC header are transmitted across a network thereby reducing DMA requests.
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