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Reliable message transmission with packet-level resend

  • US 7,013,419 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2002
  • Issued: 03/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communication over a network, comprising:

  • receiving from a host processor a descriptor defining a message comprising message data to be sent over the network;

    responsive to the descriptor, generating a sequence of packets each containing a respective portion of the message data, the sequence ending in a final packet containing a final portion of the message data;

    entering in a selected packet among the packets in the sequence, other than the final packet, an indication requesting that a recipient of the packets acknowledge the selected packet;

    sending the packets in the sequence to the recipient; and

    following an interruption in the sequence of the packets subsequent to the selected packet, resuming sending the packets in the sequence beginning after the selected packet.

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