SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZING TCP WINDOW SIZE

• US 20100205310A1
• Filed: 02/12/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eran Segal, Sagi Ben-Moshe, Yaniv Altshuler
• Original Assignee: Eran Segal, Sagi Ben-Moshe, Yaniv Altshuler
• Inventors: Altshuler, Yaniv, Segal, Eran, Ben-Moshe, Sagi
• Application Number:
  US12/369,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20100205310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/193 at the transport layer, e.g. TCP related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/27 Evaluation or update of window size, e.g. using information derived from acknowledged [ACK] packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/163 In-band adaptation of TCP data exchange; In-band control procedures

Abstract

System and method for optimizing TCP window size in operating systems.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically adjusting TCP window size for transmitting TCP packets from a computer to a server, comprising:

a. Detecting at least one connection parameter between said computer and said server; and

b. Calculating said operating system TCP window size based on said at least one connection parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising saving said result in a database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said calculation is done as a result of a request from a device, upon opening a connection between said device and a server of content or service provider and wherein said parameter does not exist in the database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said parameter is returned to said device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said connection parameters comprise one or more of destination and bandwidth parameters.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said detecting said at least one connection parameter comprises retrieving said at least one connection parameter from a remote server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting said at least one parameter comprises retrieving said TCP window size from a remote server.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said TCP window size returned from said server is saved in a local cache.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said parameter saved in the server'"'"'s database or in the local cache is used for at least one subsequent session.

10. A system for calculating operating system TCP window size, comprising:

a. A target server;

b. A device for engaging in a session with said target server; and

c. An application server, wherein said application server calculates optimized TCP window size for at least one session between said device and said target server;

wherein said device queries said application server for optimized TCP window size.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a database, wherein said database stores at least said optimized TCP window size.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said database is located at said application server.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said target server comprises one or more of a content provider server or a service provider server.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein said device further comprises a local application for handling communication between said device and said application server.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein said application server and said device communicate through a network.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said network comprises a plurality of networks, wherein each network can be wireless and/or fixed.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein said application server and said target communicate through a network.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said network comprises a plurality of networks, wherein each network can be wireless and/or fixed.