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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1999
David C. Bennett, Apex, NC (US);
WorldCom, Inc., Clinton, MS (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reliably delivery of datagram protocol data unit (PDU) packets generated by a network oriented application at a first computing network element to a second computing network element across a network. The method steps include: at the first computing network element, capturing generated datagram packets destined for the second computing network element; determining a size of a payload associated with the datagram and communicating the size of the payload to the second computing element via a reliable connection-oriented transport service; communicating the actual payload to the second computing element via the reliable connection-oriented transport service; and, at the second computing network element, utilizing payload size and payload to reconstruct a datagram PDU including the payload for a network application at the second computing network element. By this technique, reliable datagram PDU transport over the network is ensured.