Patent ID: 6961309
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for improving Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) performance, the apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; and an acknowledgment adjuster in the memory, the acknowledgment adjuster monitoring network transmission traffic and adjusting use of delayed acknowledgments (ACKs) based on the network transmission traffic, wherein the acknowledgment adjuster: determines a time period selected from the group consisting of a first time period and a second time period, the first time period being a time period between when a last ACK for a previous packet was sent and when a current packet is received, the second time period being a time period between when the last ACK was sent and when a data packet is to be sent in return to a previous packet; and if the time period is less than a predetermined time period: