Header replication in accelerated TCP (Transport Control Protocol) stack processing

US8929381B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8929381-B2
Application numberUS-201213567126-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 6, 2012
Priority dateMar 31, 2004
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides storing a packet header at a set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers, and storing the packet header and a packet payload at a location not in the set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: performing packet processing on a packet including extracting a payload from said packet; using a data movement circuit to place the payload corresponding to said packet into a read buffer substantially simultaneously while performing packet processing and substantially simultaneously with a direct memory access (DMA) operation of the data movement circuit. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said performing packe…

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What does patent US8929381B2 cover?
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides storing a packet header at a set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers, and storing the packet header and a packet payload at a location not in the set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Cornett Linden, Minturn David B, Sen Sujoy, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L49/9042. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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