Method and apparatus for disruption sensitive network data management

• US 20030225878A1
• Filed: 05/30/2002
• Published: 12/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Johnson, Peter E., Eatough, David A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,293,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/20 Traffic policing

Abstract

Numerous embodiments of a method and/or apparatus for disruption sensitive network data management are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, a determination is made of the network resources available to a computing system for exchange of data complying with a particular data protocol. A determination is then made of the network resources utilized by a computing system for exchange of data comprising a particular protocol, these two resource values are compared, and the resource allocation is altered in accordance with the comparison.

Claims

1. A method of managing network resources, comprising:

determining a target segment rate of data exchanges that comply with a particular data protocol, which are performed over one or more network resources;

determining a current segment rate of data exchanges that comply with a particular data protocol, which are performed over one or more network resources;

comparing said target segment rate to said current segment rate; and

modifying use of said one or more network resources in accordance with said comparison.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said modifying of network resources comprises modifying the use of network resources for a portion of all of the applications that utilize the network resources.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said particular data protocol comprises the transmission control protocol (TCP).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said determining a current segment rate comprises determining transmission control protocol (TCP) compliant segments of electronic data exchanged over a period of time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said target segment rate is based on the type of network device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said current segment rate comprises number of bits per second of data transfer the computing device is capable of exchanging.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said comparing comprises determining which value is mathematically larger.

8. A machine-readable medium, having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by a computing system cause the computing system to:

determine a target segment rate of data exchanges that comply with a particular data protocol, which are performed over one or more network resources;

determine a current segment rate of data exchanges that comply with a particular data protocol, which are performed over one or more network resources;

compare said target segment rate to said current segment rate; and

modify use of said one or more network resources in accordance with said comparison.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein said instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to modify said current segment rate, wherein said modifying of said use rate comprises modifying the use of network resources for a portion of all the applications on the system.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein said particular data protocol comprises the transmission control protocol (TCP).

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 10, wherein said current segment rate comprises the number of transmission control protocol (TCP) compliant segments of electronic data exchanged over a period of time.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein said target segment rate is based on the type of network device.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein said current segment rate comprises number of bits per second of data transfer the computing device is capable of exchanging.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein said comparing comprises determining which value is mathematically larger.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a computing system, said computing system having the capability to, in operation, perform the following;

determine at least a portion of the quantity of network resources available to the computing system to perform data exchanges that comply with a particular data protocol;

determine actual resources utilized for one or more data exchanges complying with a particular data protocol over a particular period of time by the computing system;

compare said quantity of resources available to the actual resources utilized; and

modify the utilization of the resources for one or more data exchanges complying with a particular data protocol by the computing system if the quantity of resources available exceeds the actual resources utilized.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said computing system is configured to utilize a particular data protocol that complies with the transmission control protocol (TCP).

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said modifying of network resources comprises modifying the use of network resources for a portion of all the applications on the system.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said computing system is configured to determine actual resources utilized by accounting transmission control protocol (TCP) compliant segments of electronic data exchanged over a period of time.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said computing system is configured to determine quantity of resources available by determining the type of network device coupled to the computing system.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said computing system is configured to have resources comprise number of bits per second of data transfer the computing device is capable of exchanging.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said computing system is configured to compare said actual resources to said available resources by determining which resource value is mathematically larger.

22. A system comprising:

two or more computing systems; and

at least one network device, wherein said two or more computing systems are coupled by means of said network device, wherein at least one of said two or more computing systems has the capability to, in operation, perform the following;

determine at least a portion of the quantity of network resources available to the

computing system to perform data exchanges that comply with a particular data protocol;

determine actual resources utilized for one or more data exchanges complying with a particular data protocol over a particular period of time by the computing system;

compare said quantity of resources available to the actual resources utilized; and

modify the utilization of the resources for one or more data exchanges complying with a particular data protocol by the computing system if the quantity of resources available exceeds the actual resources utilized.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein said computing system is configured to utilize a particular data protocol that complies with the transmission control protocol (TCP).

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein said modifying of network resources comprises modifying the use of network resources for a portion of all the applications on the system.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein at least one of said two or more computing systems is configured to determine actual resources utilized by accounting transmission control protocol (TCP) compliant segments of electronic data exchanged over a period of time.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein at least one of said two or more computing systems is configured to determine quantity of resources available by determining the type of network device coupled to at least one of said two or more computing systems.