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Transmission control protocol (TPC) data handling

  • US 10,244,085 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2017
  • Issued: 03/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for handling transmission control protocol (TCP) data between networked computer nodes during blackout periods associated with live kernel updating, the method comprising:

  • initiating a live kernel update on a first node;

    transmitting a zero window update to one or more peer nodes;

    generating a surrogate partition associated with the first node;

    copying network states from an original partition associated with the first node to the surrogate partition;

    restoring the network states on the surrogate partition; and

    transmitting another window update to the one or more peer nodes.

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