Apparatus and method for transparent communication architecture in remote communication

• US 9,325,764 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2014
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Marketing Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wyse Technology L.L.C. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Barreto, Daniel Ernesto, Kasivajhula, Siddhartha, Kumar, Ankur
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Michael C
• Application Number:
  US14/260,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 method for remote communication, comprising:

receiving a first indication that a connection is established between a local communication proxy module and a remote communication proxy module;

based on the first indication, making a determination to use a second transmission protocol with the remote communication proxy module, wherein the second transmission protocol is an accelerated protocol;

receiving, at the local communication proxy module, a first stream from a local communication application module using a first transmission protocol, wherein the local communication proxy module and the local communication application module are executing on a first computer, wherein the remote communication proxy module is executing on a second computer that is accessible via a network from the first computer; and

sending, using the second transmission protocol, the first stream over the network to the 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

operate transparently to the local communication application module.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein using the second transmission protocol includes transmitting a series of data packets in a window of a variable size, the variable size being a function of an available bandwidth of the network and a round-trip time, wherein the variable size is periodically determined.

3. The method 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 the presentation layer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second stream from the remote communication proxy module using the second transmission protocol;

caching the second stream; and

sending the second stream to the local communication application module using the first transmission protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein making the determination to use the second transmission protocol includes receiving a second indication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission protocol is a non-accelerated protocol.

7. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a first indication that a connection is established between a local communication proxy module and a remote communication proxy module;

based on the first indication, make a determination to use a second communication protocol with the remote communication proxy module, wherein the second communication protocol is an accelerated protocol;

receive, at the local communication proxy module, a first stream from a local communication application module using a first transmission protocol, wherein the local communication proxy module and the local communication application module are executing on a first computer, wherein the remote communication proxy module is executing on a second computer that is accessible via a network from the first computer; and

send, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the first stream over the network to the 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

operate transparently to the local communication application module.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein the instructions to use the second transmission protocol include instructions to transmit a series of data packets in a window of a variable size, the variable size being a function of an available bandwidth of the network and a round-trip time, wherein the variable size is periodically determined.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 7, further comprising instructions to:

receive a second stream from the remote communication proxy module using the second transmission protocol;

cache the second stream; and

send the second stream to the local communication application module using the first transmission protocol.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein the instructions to make the determination to use the second transmission protocol include instructions to receive a second indication.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein the first transmission protocol is a non-accelerated protocol.

12. An information handling system comprising:

a processor subsystem having access to a memory subsystem, wherein the memory subsystem stores instructions executable by the processor subsystem, that, when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to;

receive a first indication that a connection is established between a local communication proxy module and a remote communication proxy module;

based on the first indication, make a determination to use a second communication protocol with the remote communication proxy module, wherein the second communication protocol is an accelerated protocol;

receive, at the local communication proxy module, a first stream from a local communication application module using a first transmission protocol, wherein the local communication proxy module and the local communication application module are executing on the information handling system, wherein the remote communication proxy module is executing on a second information handling system that is accessible via a network from the information handling system; and

send, utilizing a second transmission protocol, the first stream over the network to the 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

operate transparently to the local communication application module.

13. The information handling system of claim 12, wherein the instructions to use the second transmission protocol include instructions to transmit a series of data packets in a window of a variable size, the variable size being a function of an available bandwidth of the network and a round-trip time, wherein the variable size is periodically determined.

14. The information handling system of claim 12, further comprising instructions to:

receive a second stream from the remote communication proxy module using the second transmission protocol;

cache the second stream; and

send the second stream to the local communication application module using the first transmission protocol.

15. The information handling system of claim 12, wherein the instructions to make the determination to use the second transmission protocol include instructions to receive a second indication.

16. The information handling system of claim 12, wherein the first transmission protocol is a non-accelerated protocol.

17. The information handling system of claim 12, 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 the presentation layer.