Dynamic data transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11089137-B2
Application number	US-201916372456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	Apr 2, 2019
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method of for data transfer. The method includes a processor detecting a characteristic of a stream of data transferring from a first computing device to a second computing device using a first input/output I/O protocol. The processor detects a change in the characteristic of the data transfer. In response to detecting the change the first I/O protocol in mid-stream, to a second I/O protocol, wherein the data in the stream is reformed to comport with the second I/O protocol, and wherein the change is in response to the change in the characteristic.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for data transfer, the method comprising: partitioning, by a processor, a stream of data from a first computing device to a second computing device; detecting, by the processor, a plurality of input/output (I/O) protocols available to the first computing device; detecting, by the processor, a plurality of I/O protocols available to the second computing device; determining, by the processor, each I/O protocol available to both the first computing device and the second computing device; detecting, by the processor, a characteristic of the stream of data transferring from the first computing device to the second computing device using a first I/O protocol; detecting, by the processor, a change in the characteristic of the data transfer; transmitting, by the processor, test data packets between the partitioned data, wherein each test data packet uses a respective I/O protocol available to both the first computing device and second computing device, and wherein each test data packet includes instructions for a response by the second computing device to the first computing device; and changing, by the processor, the first I/O protocol in mid-stream, to a second I/O protocol, wherein the data in the stream is reformed to comport with the second I/O protocol, and wherein the change is in response to the change hi the characteristic.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the change in the characteristic is a change in a data transfer rate between the first computing device and the second computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the test data packets are transmitted periodically based on a schedule created by the first computing device and the second computing device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the second I/O protocol is based on the response from the second computing device to the first computing device.

5. A system for data transfer, the system comprising:
a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the processor configured to: partition a stream of data from a first computing device to a second computing device; detect a plurality of input/output (I/O) protocols available to the first computing device; detect a plurality of I/O protocols available to the second computing device; determine each I/O protocol available to both the first computing device and the second computing device; detect a characteristic of a stream of data transferring from the first computing device to the second computing device using a I/O protocol; detect a change in the characteristic of the data transfer; transmit test data packets between the partitioned data, wherein each test data packet uses a respective I/O protocol available to both the first computing device and second computing device, and wherein each test data packet includes instructions for a response by the second computing device to the first computing device; and change the first I/O protocol in mid-stream, to a second I/O protocol, wherein the data in the stream is reformed to comport with the second I/O protocol, and wherein the change is hi response to the change in the characteristic.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the change in the characteristic is a change in a data transfer rate between the first computing device and the second computing device.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the test data packets are transmitted periodically based on a schedule created by the first computing device and the second computing device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second I/O protocol is based on the response from the second computing device to the first computing device.

9. A computer program product for data transfer, the computer product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to: partition a stream of data from a first computing device to a second computing device; detect a plurality of input/output (I/O) protocols available to the first computing device; detect a plurality of I/O protocols available to the second computing device; determine each I/O protocol available to both the first computing device and the second computing device; detect a characteristic of a stream of data transferring from the first computing device to the second computing device using a first I/O protocol; detect a change in the characteristic of the data transfer; transmit test data packets between the partitioned data, wherein each test data packet uses a respective I/O protocol available to both the first computing device and second computing device, and wherein each test data packet includes instructions for a response by the second computing device to the first computing device; and change the first I/O protocol in mid-stream, to a second I/O protocol, wherein the data in the stream is reformed to comport with the second I/O protocol, and wherein the change is in response to the change in the characteristic.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the change in the characteristic is a change in a data transfer rate between the first computing device and the second computing device.

11. The computer program product claim 9 , wherein the test data packets are transmitted periodically based on a schedule created by the first computing device and the second computing device.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bryson Donald Lovell
• Kline Eric V
• Rakshit Sarbajit K
• Stanquist Gerald

Classifications

• H04L69/08 Primary

  Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/10 Primary

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06F11/2221

  to test input/output devices or peripheral units · CPC title

• G06F11/3006

  where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems (multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50) · CPC title