Systems and methods for a protocol transformation gateway for quality of service

• US 20070291767A1
• Filed: 06/16/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Galluscio, Anthony P., Smith, Donald L., Knazik, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US11/454,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20070291767A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/395.21
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/196 Integration of transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP and UDP
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2408 for supporting different services, e.g. a differentiated services [DiffServ] type of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2416 Real-time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2433 Allocation of priorities to traffic types
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2441 relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2491 Mapping quality of service [QoS] requirements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for facilitating communication of data. A method includes providing quality of service in a network including receiving data, prioritizing the data, transforming the data to generate transformed data, and communicating the transformed data. The data is received based at least in part on a first protocol. The data is prioritized to support a quality of service standard. The transformed data is based at least in part on a second protocol. The second protocol is different from the first protocol.

Claims

1. A method for providing quality of service in a network, the method including:

receiving data, wherein the data is received based at least in part on a first protocol;

prioritizing the data, wherein the data is prioritized to support a quality of service standard;

transforming the data to generate transformed data, wherein the transformed data is based at least in part on a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol; and

communicating the transformed data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data is received over a tactical data network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating step includes transmitting the transformed data over a tactical data network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first protocol and the second protocol includes a protocol at the transport layer of a protocol stack.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the first protocol and the second protocol is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the first protocol and the second protocol is User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing step includes inserting the block of data in at least one of a plurality of queues based at least in part on the content of the data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is received based at least in part on a subscription, wherein the subscription includes an address and a protocol type.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the subscription is user defined.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is transformed based at least in part on a publication, wherein the publication includes an address and a protocol type.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the publication is user defined.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data is generated by an application, and wherein the transformation step is transparent to the application.

13. A data communication system for providing content-based quality of service in a network, the system including:

a reception component, wherein the reception component is adapted to receive a block of data based at least in part on a first protocol;

a prioritization component, wherein the prioritization component is adapted to prioritize the block of data based at least in part on the content of the block of data and a rule;

a transformation component, wherein the transformation component is adapted to transform the block of data to generate a transformed block of data, wherein the transformed block of data is based at least in part on a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol; and

a communication component, wherein the communication component is adapted to communicate the transformed block of data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the block of data is received over a tactical data network, and wherein the transformed block of data is communicated over a network that is not a tactical data network.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the block of data is received over a network that is not a tactical data network, and wherein the transformed block of data is communicated over a tactical data network.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the block of data is received from an application program on the same node as the data communication system, and wherein the application uses a standard transport level interface to transparently communicate the block of data to the data communication system.

17. The system of claim 13, further including a mode indicator, wherein the block of data is transformed based at least in part on the mode indicator.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the transformation component is adapted to generate the transformed block of data when the block of data has a destination on a tactical data network.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the communication component is adapted to communicate the block of data based at least in part on the first protocol when the block of data has a destination that is not on a tactical data network.

20. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

a reception routine, wherein the reception routine is configured to receive data, wherein the data is received based at least in part on a first protocol;

a prioritization routine, wherein the prioritization routine is configured to prioritize the data based at least in part on a rule;

a transformation routine, wherein the transformation routine is configured to generate transformed data, wherein the transformed data is based at least in part on a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol; and

a communication routine, wherein the communication routine is configured to communicate the transformed data.