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Asynchronous dual-queue interface for use in network acceleration architecture

US8037154B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Giora Biran · Jerusalem, IL
Zorik Machulsky · Gesher HaZiv, IL
Vadim Makhervaks · Austin, US
Renato J. Recio · Austin, US
Julian Satran · Atlit, IL
Leah Shalev · Jerusalem, IL
Ilan Shimony · Ramat Gan, IL

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2005
Grant date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/90
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for receiving data in a network acceleration architecture for use with TCP (transport control protocol), iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) over TCP, including providing a hardware acceleration engine, called a streamer, adapted for communication with and processing data from a consumer application in a system that supports TCP, iSCSI and RDMA over TCP, providing a software protocol processor adapted for carrying out TCP implementation, the software control processor being called a TCE (TCP Control Engine), and providing an asynchronous dual-queue interface for exchanging information between the streamer and TCE, wherein the streamer and TCE are adapted to operate asynchronously and independently of one another.

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