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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Gianluca Iannaccone, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christophe Diot, Dormans, FR;
Sharad Jaiswal, Amherst, MA (US);
Gianluca Iannaccone, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christophe Diot, Dormans, FR;
Sharad Jaiswal, Amherst, MA (US);
Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method and computer-program product are provided for distinguishing packets sent in successive packet groups. The packet groups are related to each other. The method includes providing an identification point to a connection of a communications network; receiving a sequence number associated with a first packet, which is part of a first group of packets; and receiving a packet-group-length parameter that denotes the number of packets in the first group of packets. Other embodiments are described herein.