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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
David Pullen, Suwanee, GA (US);
Rick Pitchford, Suwanee, GA (US);
Dannie Gay, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
John Horton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
David Pullen, Suwanee, GA (US);
Rick Pitchford, Suwanee, GA (US);
Dannie Gay, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
John Horton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for in-place, lightweight Ack packet promotion is provided. The method includes receiving a new Ack packet via a network; searching through a transmit queue for an old Ack packet that corresponds to the new Ack packet; and replacing the data in a number field, a checksum field, a window size field, and a timestamp options field of the old Ack packet with data in a number field, a checksum field, a window size field, and a timestamp options field of the new Ack packet.