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Transport protocol connection synchronization

  • US 20060262734A1
  • Filed: 05/19/2005
  • Published: 11/23/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, at a router that hosts a master transmission control protocol (TCP) module coupled through an inter-process communication (IPC) facility to a slave TCP module, information identifying a newly created TCP connection maintained at the master TCP module;

    assigning a unique connection identifier to the TCP connection;

    sending the unique connection identifier, in association with a source address value, destination address value, source port value, and destination port value, to the slave TCP module;

    sending, from the master TCP module to the slave TCP module over the IPC facility, one or more messages comprising one or more properties or statistics associated with the transport layer connection, wherein the messages identify the transport layer connection using the unique connection identifier, wherein the messages are not TCP segments;

    notifying an application running on the TCP connection that the TCP connection is available.

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