In one embodiment, a system for adapting the interoperation of nodes in an information
processing system is disclosed. The system includes a protocol handler, a protocol attribute …

The present invention provides a method and system for controlling packet? oW through a
protocol stack. The method includes: receiving a packet by a layer manager, Wherein the …

In one embodiment, a system for communicating over a network is disclosed, the system
comprising: a processor running a protocol processing stack to control a TCP connection; a …

One embodiment of the present invention provides a com puter system that forwards data
packets. During operation, the system receives a data packet on a first interface and …

Embodiments of the present invention provide for improved network throughput.
Embodiments of the present invention provide an interrupt thread comprising a single thread …

A method of flow control implemented by a system disposed to execute a protocol stack and
an application is disclosed herein. The method includes configuring the system to operate in …

In one embodiment of the present invention a method for managing a plurality of network
interfaces of varying types is disclosed. The method includes accepting a data packet at a …

A method and system for transmitting packets. Packets may be transmitted when a protocol
control block is copied from a host processing system to a network protocol offload engine …

A system, method and associated data structure are provided for offloading upper protocol
layer operations. In use, data is communicated over a network utilizing a plurality of …

(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTOCOL (57) ABSTRACT EVENT
MANAGEMENT A protocol event management capability is depicted and described herein …