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Selectively enabling network packet concatenation based on metrics

  • US 7,873,065 B1
  • Filed: 02/01/2006
  • Issued: 01/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network device for communicating data over a network, comprising:

  • a transceiver to send and receive data over the network; and

    a processor that is operative to perform actions comprising;

    determining at least one metric, wherein at least one of the metrics is based on a comparison of a time data spends in a send-queue when concatenation is performed on the data to another time when other data spends in the send-queue in absence of concatenation of data;

    receiving a first packet of data for transmission over the network;

    selectively concatenating data of the first packet with data of a subsequently received second packet at least partly based on the at least one metric; and

    sending the data of the concatenated packet.

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