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Enhanced claw packing protocol

  • US 6,711,178 B1
  • Filed: 09/08/1998
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transferring multiple data types within a single channel operation over a channel coupling a host mainframe and a control unit of a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • creating multiple sublinks from a predetermined logical link used to establish a logical connection between processes executing on the host mainframe and control unit, the sublinks including a plurality of non-zero sublinks, each non-zero sublink capable of transporting a uniquely identifiable data type as a packed data message; and

    concatenating each packed data message within a single packed data block for transfer over the channel to thereby reduce overhead on the channel associated with transferring each packed data message individually.

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