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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
William Stephen Carter, Round Rock, TX (US);
Herman Dietrich Dierks, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Mallesh Lepakshaiah, Austin, TX (US);
Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, TX (US);
William Stephen Carter, Round Rock, TX (US);
Herman Dietrich Dierks, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Mallesh Lepakshaiah, Austin, TX (US);
Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to determine whether an acknowledgment packet from an end point acknowledges receipt of unsent data in response to receiving the acknowledgement packet over a connection with the end point. A determination is made as to whether acknowledgement packets for unsent data have been received sequentially a selected number of times over the connection in response to the acknowledgement packet being for unsent data. The acknowledgment packet is dropped if acknowledgement packets have been received sequentially the selected number of times over the connection.