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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2003
Joseph Pasqua, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Joseph Pasqua, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and mechanism for inter-node communication. A first node is coupled to a second node via a communication link. The first node is configured to convey a heartbeat or similar data packet to the second node on a periodic or other scheduled basis. A message manager within the first node is configured to detect an inter-node message is available for transmission to the second node. If the detected message exceeds a predetermined size, the message is partitioned into blocks which are less than or equal in size to the predetermined size. The blocks are then encoded pursuant to a forward error correcting algorithm, such as an erasure code algorithm, and stored as payload in the periodically conveyed data packets. Pseudo-header information may also be included with each block to indicate a message type, message identifier, message length, or block sequence number.