Patent ID: 8266317
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system, for communicating data between a sender computing device and a receiver computing device, comprising: determining a first amount of data corresponding to a window size for a communication connection between the sender computing device and the receiver computing device, wherein the window size specifies an amount of data that is to be transmitted from the sender computing device before waiting for receipt of an acknowledgement packet from the receiver computing device; calculating a second amount of data in excess of the first amount of data to be transmitted with the first amount of data from the sender computing device to the receiver computing device; and transmitting the first amount of data and second amount of data from the sender computing device to the receiver computing device, wherein the first amount of data is provided to the receiver computing device in at least one receive buffer of the receiver computing device, and wherein the second amount of data is maintained in at least one switch port buffer of a switch port without being provided to the at least one receive buffer of the receiver computing device.