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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2012
Cahya Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Padmavathy Bhooma, San Jose, CA (US);
Joe Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cahya Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Padmavathy Bhooma, San Jose, CA (US);
Joe Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for receiving network packets on a client device comprising: initially entering into a first mode of operation in which polling from a network layer to a driver layer is disabled, wherein in the first mode of operations data packets received by the driver layer are pushed up to the network layer; monitoring a load factor defining a current network load on the client device; and entering into a second mode of operation in which polling from the network layer to the driver layer is enabled, wherein when in the second mode of operation, the network layer polling the driver layer when it is ready to accept new packets from the driver layer.