APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE IN REMOTE COMMUNICATION

• US 20100250770A1
• Filed: 06/12/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Marketing Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wyse Technology Incorporated (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Barreto, Daniel Ernesto, Kasivajhula, Siddhartha, Kumar, Ankur
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,658 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/90 Buffering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/752 adapting media to network capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/10 Streamlined, light-weight or high-speed protocols, e.g. express transfer protocol [XTP] or byte stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

A communication apparatus for remote communication may include a local communication proxy module configured to receive streams from a local communication application module. The streams may be in a form utilizing a first transmission protocol and destined to a remote destination. The local communication proxy module may be configured to facilitate sending, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the streams in real-time over a network to a remote communication proxy module. The local communication proxy module may be configured to conceal characteristics of the network from the local communication application module. The local communication proxy module may also be configured to be transparent to the local communication application module. A machine-readable medium and a method are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus for remote communication, comprising:

a local communication proxy module configured to receive streams from a local communication application module, the streams in a form utilizing a first transmission protocol and destined to a remote destination, the local communication proxy module configured to facilitate sending, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the streams in real-time over a network to a remote communication proxy module, the local communication proxy module configured to conceal characteristics of the network from the local communication application module, the local communication proxy module configured to be transparent to the local communication application module.

2. The communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein a location of the local communication proxy module is independent of a location of the local communication application module configured to send the streams, and the location of the local communication proxy module is independent of a location of the remote destination, and wherein the second transmission protocol is different from the first transmission protocol.

3. The communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the local communication proxy module is configured for a layer below a presentation layer in an Open Systems Interconnection Reference model (OSI model), and the remote communication proxy module is configured for a layer below a presentation layer in the OSI model.

4. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for remote communication, the instructions comprising code for:

receiving, by a local communication proxy module, streams from a local communication application module, the streams in a form utilizing a first transmission protocol and destined to a remote destination; and

facilitating sending, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the streams in real-time over a network to a remote communication proxy module,

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to conceal characteristics of the network from the local communication application module, and

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to be transparent to the local communication application module.

5. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein a location of the local communication proxy module is independent of a location of the local communication application module configured to send the streams, and the location of the local communication proxy module is independent of a location of the remote destination, and wherein the second transmission protocol is different from the first transmission protocol.

6. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the local communication proxy module is configured for a layer below a presentation layer in an Open Systems Interconnection Reference model (OSI model), and the remote communication proxy module is configured for a layer below a presentation layer in the OSI model.

7. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions further comprise code for:

caching streams received from the remote communication proxy module; and

facilitating sending the cached streams to multiple local communication application modules.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions further comprise code for:

determining a type of data;

selecting a compression type for the data based on the determination;

compressing streams, to be sent to the remote communication proxy module, utilizing the compression type selected; and

decompressing streams received from the remote communication proxy module.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions further comprise code for:

encrypting streams to be sent to the remote communication proxy module; and

decrypting streams received from the remote communication proxy module.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions further comprise code for:

detecting error in streams utilizing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) or a checksum; and

recovering corrupted data utilizing error correcting codes.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the streams from the local communication application module based on a determination as to whether to accelerate the streams.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, further comprising:

a second local communication proxy module comprising code for;

receiving second streams from a second local communication application module, the second streams in a form utilizing the first transmission protocol and destined to the remote destination; and

facilitating sending, utilizing the second transmission protocol, the second streams in real-time over a network to the remote communication proxy module,

wherein the second local communication proxy module is configured to conceal characteristics of the network, used for the second streams, from the second local communication application module, and

wherein the second local communication proxy module is configured to be transparent to the second local communication application module.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the local communication proxy module comprises code for:

receiving second streams from a second local communication application module, the second streams in a form utilizing the first transmission protocol and destined to the remote destination; and

facilitating sending, utilizing the second transmission protocol, the second streams in real-time over a network to the remote communication proxy module,

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to conceal characteristics of the network, used for the second streams, from the second local communication application module, and

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to be transparent to the second local communication application module.

14. A method for remote communication, comprising:

receiving, by a local communication proxy module, streams from a local communication application module, the streams in a form utilizing a first transmission protocol and destined to a remote destination; and

facilitating sending, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the streams in real-time over a network to a remote communication proxy module,

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to conceal characteristics of the network from the local communication application module, and

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to be transparent to the local communication application module.

15. A communication apparatus for remote communication, comprising:

means for receiving, by a local communication proxy module, streams from a local communication application module, the streams in a form utilizing a first transmission protocol and destined to a remote destination; and

means for facilitating sending, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the streams in real-time over a network to a remote communication proxy module,

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to conceal characteristics of the network from the local communication application module, and

wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to be transparent to the local communication application module.