Remote direct memory access socket aggregation
US9002970B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/542
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Byte utilization is improved in Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) communications by detecting a plurality of concurrent messages on a plurality of application sockets which are destined for the same application, client or computer, intercepting those messages and consolidating their payloads into larger payloads, and then transmitting those consolidated messages to the destination, thereby increasing the payload-to-overhead byte utilization of the RDMA transmissions. At the receiving end, multiplexing information is used to unpack the consolidated messages, and to put the original payloads into a plurality of messages which are then fed into the receiving sockets to the destination application, client or computer, thereby making the consolidation process transparent between the initiator and the target.
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