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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wen Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wenping Lou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/193 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes network packets. Upon receiving a first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) header for a first TCP segment from a network link, the system immediately provides a portion of the first TCP header to a transport layer prior to receiving all payload data for the first TCP segment. Next, the system uses the transport layer to transmit a first acknowledgment of the first TCP segment to the network link, wherein the first acknowledgment reduces a round-trip time (RTT) associated with the first TCP segment.